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CXUS53 KICT 011205
CLMCNU

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013

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...THE CHANUTE KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              75   01/28/2013
                        01/24/1950
                        01/29/1917
 LOW              -10   01/09/2010
HIGHEST            75R  01/28                         70  01/16
LOWEST             10   01/02                          8  01/18
AVG. MAXIMUM     47.7              42.2     5.5     52.2
AVG. MINIMUM     24.8              22.9     1.9     24.3
MEAN             36.2              32.6     3.6     38.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      4               6.6    -2.6        2
DAYS MIN <= 32     25              25.4    -0.4       25
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.9    -0.9        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.43   1949
 MINIMUM         0.00   2009
                        1919
TOTALS           2.37              1.26    1.11     0.01
DAILY AVG.       0.08              0.04    0.04     0.00
DAYS >= .01         3               5.9    -2.9        1
DAYS >= .10         2               2.7    -0.7        0
DAYS >= .50         1               0.7     0.3        0
DAYS >= 1.00        1               0.3     0.7        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.97   01/29 TO 01/29
                        01/28 TO 01/29
                        01/29 TO 01/29

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     886              1006    -120      820
 SINCE 7/1       2289              2799    -510     2423
COOLING TOTAL       1                 0       1        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/330    DATE  01/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    41/330    DATE  01/30

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           20
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     66

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                5     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                4     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      0

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

&&

  ...AFTER A MESSY START TO 2013 JANUARY TURNS OUT TO BE FAIRLY NICE...

WHEN 2012 HANDED OFF THE BATON TO 2013...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS IN A RATHER
NASTY MOOD AS A HEINZ 57 VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER VISITED THE REGION.
A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW MADE
FOR A DREARY NEW YEAR`S FOR MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LIGHT SNOW THE
PRIMARY MODE OF PRECIPITATION.

THE NEW YEAR STARTED WITH A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY AS A COUPLE OF
PERTURBATIONS SPREAD LIGHT SNOW ACROSS KANSAS. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED IN CENTRAL KANSAS WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5
INCHES. MOST OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES. BY DAYBREAK
THE SNOW HAD VACATED KANSAS BUT CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPREAD ACROSS THE
STATE TO CAUSE THE REGION TO CHILL OUT WITH LOWS THAT RANGED FROM THE
SINGLE DIGITS IN CENTRAL KANSAS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES IN SOUTHERN
KANSAS EACH MORNING FROM THE 1ST TO THE 4TH.

ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 4TH...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEVELOPED ALONG THE
COLORADO/KANSAS BORDER THAT FORCED THE LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO
EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS. THIS ALLOWED STOUT SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH TO TRANSPORT WARMER AIR ACROSS THE STATE. BY THE 6TH...TEMPERATURES
REACHED THE LOWER 50S IN MOST AREAS AND ON THE 8TH...MANY AREAS REACHED
THE UPPER 50S.

THE SECOND MEANINGFUL PRECIPITATION ARRIVED ON THE 10TH WHEN AN INTENSE
PERTURBATION THAT WAS SITUATED OVER THE PANHANDLES SPREAD RICH MOISTURE
NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR
WIDESPREAD RAINS WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 INCH. IN
ITS WAKE...ANOTHER SHOT OF BITTERLY COLD AIR SETTLED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THAT WOULD GRIP MOST AREAS TO THE 15TH AND 16TH.

WHEN JANUARY ENTERED ITS FINAL LAP...THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT A LITTLE TASTE
OF SPRING AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE MID 60S AND MID 70S
FROM THE 26TH TO THE 28TH. MANY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED. THESE RECORDS
APPEAR BELOW WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES.

WICHITA:   NEW RECORD HIGH              NEW RECORD WARMEST LOW
27TH:      69 DEGREES (TIED 2002)       43 DEGREES (TIED 1914)
28TH:      74 DEGREES (72 IN 2011)

(NOTE: THE RECORD HIGH OF 74 DEGREES ON THE 28TH WAS JUST 1 DEGREE SHY
OF TYING THE ALL-TIME MONTHLY HIGH OF 75 DEGREES SET ON THE 8TH IN 2002
AND ON THE 22ND IN 1976.

SALINA:
28TH:      74 DEGREES (68 IN 1938)

CHANUTE:
28TH       75 DEGREES (68 IN 1917)      56 DEGREES (54 IN 1968)

(NOTE: THE RECORD HIGH OF 75 DEGREES SET ON THE 28TH TIED THE ALL-TIME
HIGH FOR JANUARY SET ON THE 24TH IN 1950 AND ON THE 29TH IN 1917.)

RUSSELL:
28TH       76 DEGREES (72 IN 1950)

THE UNSEASONABLY WARM SPELL FROM THE 26TH TO THE 28TH SET THE STAGE FOR
THE FIRST ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR 2013 AS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
KANSAS WERE HIT BY 60 TO 70 MPH.

EARLY IN THE MORNING ON THE 29TH...A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGED SOUTHEAST
TOWARD A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ENTRENCHED OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTED ALONG THE FRONT
AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS OCCURRED IN PARTS
OF CHAUTAUQUA AND LABETTE COUNTIES WHERE A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE
POTENT CONVECTION ALSO PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS...SO HEAVY IN FACT...
THAT THE 1.97 INCHES MEASURED IN CHANUTE ON THE 29TH SET A CALENDAR DAY
SWAMPING THE MARK OF 1.25 INCHES SET IN 1982. IT WAS ALSO ONLY 0.07 INCH
SHY OF TYING THEIR ALL-TIME DAILY RAINFALL RECORD FOR JANUARY WHEN 2.04
INCHES WERE MEASURED ON THE 30TH IN 1975.

IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...ANOTHER SHOT OF BITTERLY COLD AIR INVADED THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL KANSAS CAUGHT
THE BRUNT OF THE ARCTIC BLAST AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGED TO BETWEEN 5 AND
10 DEGREES ON THE MORNING OF THE 31ST.

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