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CLMCNU


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
409 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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...THE CHANUTE KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             108   MM
 LOW               47   06/01/2012
HIGHEST           100   06/25                         98  06/30
LOWEST             47R  06/01                         56  06/23
AVG. MAXIMUM     88.9              84.4     4.5     89.8
AVG. MINIMUM     65.7              64.7     1.0     68.3
MEAN             77.3              74.6     2.7     79.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     13               4.5     8.5       18
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        18.13   2007
 MINIMUM           MM   MM
TOTALS           2.77              6.03   -3.26     3.59
DAILY AVG.       0.09              0.20   -0.11     0.12
DAYS >= .01         6              11.6    -5.6       10
DAYS >= .10         3               8.1    -5.1        7
DAYS >= .50         2               3.8    -1.8        4
DAYS >= 1.00        1               2.1    -1.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.50   06/21 TO 06/21
                        06/20 TO 06/21
                        06/21 TO 06/21

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL       9                 6       3        0
 SINCE 7/1       3531              4483    -952     4565
COOLING TOTAL     385               292      93      429
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/170    DATE  06/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/160    DATE  06/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.10
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           26
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              4
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     64

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN                5     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       6     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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...AFTER A CHILLY START JUNE REALLY TURNS UP THE FURNACE AS BLISTERING
        100-DEGREE HEAT DOMINATES THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH...

AFTER EXPERIENCING THE 2ND WARMEST MAY ON RECORD...IT APPEARED THAT JUNE
MIGHT REVERSE THE TREND IN DRAMATIC FASHION BY ARRIVING WITH LOWS IN THE
40S IN MOST AREAS ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. THAT CHANGED IN A HURRY...FOR ON
THE 2ND HIGHS SOARED INTO THE MID 80S...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MID
90S BY THE 4TH. TEMPERATURES STABILIZED FROM THE 4TH TO THE
22ND...HOWEVER AS THEY WERE OCCASIONALLY 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THEN...ON THE WEEKEND OF THE 23RD AND 24TH...TEMPERATURES TOOK OFF LIKE
A FIGHTER JET WITH NEARLY ALL AREAS EXPERIENCING HIGHS BETWEEN 100 AND
110 DEGREES FROM THE 24TH TO THE END OF THE MONTH.

IN THE FINAL LAP...FROM THE 24TH TO THE 30TH...NEARLY ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS WAS HIDEOUSLY HOT WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM 102 TO AS
HIGH AS 113 DEGREES! IN FACT...DURING THAT 6-DAY SPAN...RUSSELL REACHED
OR EXCEEDED 110 DEGREES FOUR TIMES...ON THE 24TH...AND EACH DAY FROM THE
26TH TO THE 28TH. IT WAS ON THE 27TH THAT RUSSELL WAS SCORCHED BY A HIGH
OF 113 DEGREES THAT WAS PRECEDED BY A HIGH OF 112 ON THE 26TH. RUSSELL
WILTED IN 103-DEGREE PLUS HEAT EACH DAY FROM THE 24TH TO THE END OF THE
MONTH. RUSSELL SET RECORD HIGHS ON FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS...FROM THE 24TH
TO THE 28TH.

ITS SURPRISING THAT ONLY TWO OTHER RECORD TEMPERATURE EVENTS OCCURRED.
BY REACHING 106 DEGREES ON THE 28TH...WICHITA TIED THE MARK SET IN 1990.
ON THE 27TH...SALINA SET A RECORD FOR WARMEST LOW WITH A TEMPERATURE OF
81 DEGREES. THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE SCARCITY OF RECORD TEMPERATURES
FOR WICHITA...SALINA AND CHANUTE IS THEIR CLIMATE RECORDS DATE BACK TO
THE LATE 1880S AND MID 1890S...WHEREAS RUSSELL`S ONLY DATES BACK TO
1949.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF TEMPERATURE RECORDS THAT WERE SET OR TIED FOR
THE MONTH OF JUNE:

RUSSELL:   NEW RECORD     OLD RECORD
JUNE 24TH     110         109 IN 1971
JUNE 25TH     108         108 IN 1978 (TIED)
JUNE 26TH     112         108 IN 1980
JUNE 27TH     113         106 IN 1980 AND IN 1953
JUNE 28TH     110         108 IN 1968

WICHITA:
JUNE 28TH     106         106 IN 1990 (TIED)

SALINA:
JUNE 27TH      81          78 IN 1998

DUE PRIMARILY TO THE UNUSUALLY COOL START FOR THE REST OF THE
AREA...SALINA WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE THREE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES TO
REACH THE TOP-TEN WARMEST JUNE`S ON RECORD. SALINA`S AVERAGE JUNE
TEMPERATURE (AVERAGE OF EACH DAILY HIGH AND LOW) WAS 80.3 DEGREES...4.7
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. CONSEQUENTLY...JUNE 2012 TALLIED THE 7TH WARMEST
JUNE ON RECORD FOR SALINA.

THUNDERSTORMS MADE FEW VISITS TO THE AREA. IN FACT...HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR A 3-DAY STINT OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE 14TH TO THE 16TH...ALONG
WITH MORE ACTIVITY LATE ON THE 30TH...THIS JUNE WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF
THE TEN DRIEST ON RECORD.

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE 1.67 INCHES MEASURED FROM THE 14TH TO THE
16TH...WICHITA WOULD HAVE ONLY RECEIVED 0.88 INCH OF RAIN WHICH WOULD
HAVE MADE 2012 WICHITA`S 6TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD.

SALINA`S MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION WAS EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED. HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR THE 1.89 INCHES MEASURED FROM THE 14TH TO THE 16TH...SALINA WOULD
HAVE ONLY RECEIVED 0.33 INCH OF RAIN...MAKING 2012 THEIR 3RD DRIEST
JUNE ON RECORD.

NEEDLESS-TO-SAY...SUMMER 2012 IS OFF TO A SIZZLING START. THE FOLLOWING
IS A LIST OF THE 10 HOTTEST SUMMERS ON RECORD:

WICHITA:
1ST:  85.3 IN 1936 AND IN 1934
3RD:  85.2 IN 2011 AND IN 1980
5TH:  84.5 IN 1954
6TH:  82.3 IN 2010
7TH:  81.7 IN 1956
8TH:  81.6 IN 1901
9TH:  81.5 IN 2001 AND IN 1952

SALINA:
1ST:  86.7 IN 1934
2ND:  85.3 IN 1936
3RD:  84.0 IN 1980
4TH:  83.1 IN 2011
5TH:  82.7 IN 1954
6TH:  81.2 IN 2002, 1991 AND 1956
9TH:  81.1 IN 2010
10TH: 81.0 IN 2001 AND IN 1983

CHANUTE:
1ST:  84.9 IN 1934
2ND:  84.6 IN 1936
3RD:  83.9 IN 1954
4TH:  83.5 IN 1980
5TH:  83.1 IN 2011
6TH:  82.1 IN 1913
7TH:  81.4 IN 1952
8TH:  80.8 IN 2010 AND IN 1956
10TH: 80.6 IN 1963

SO...HOW WILL 2012 RANK IN THE HOTTEST SUMMERS ON RECORD DEPARTMENT?
TWO MONTHS FROM NOW...WE WILL KNOW THE ANSWER!

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