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CXUS53 KICT 011147
CLMICT

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
539 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2012

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 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              86   11/02/2012
                        11/08/2006
                        54/01/2206
 LOW                1   11/26/1975
HIGHEST            86R  11/02                         75  11/01
LOWEST             16   11/27                         21  11/17
AVG. MAXIMUM     64.6              56.2     8.4     57.1
AVG. MINIMUM     35.2              34.6     0.6     33.1
MEAN             49.9              45.4     4.5     45.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.6    -0.6        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     12              12.1    -0.1       13
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.69   1909
 MINIMUM         0.00   1989
                        1954
                        1921
TOTALS           0.55              1.43   -0.88     3.32
DAILY AVG.       0.02              0.05   -0.03     0.11
DAYS >= .01         2               5.3    -3.3        6
DAYS >= .10         1               2.5    -1.5        6
DAYS >= .50         1               0.8     0.2        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.5    -0.5        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.55   11/10 TO 11/11

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            9.0   1888
TOTALS              T               1.3    -1.3      0.3
SINCE 7/1           T               1.4    -1.4      0.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.3    -0.3        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL        T   11/11 TO 11/11               0.3

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     459               590    -131      589
 SINCE 7/1        719               876    -157      814
COOLING TOTAL      11                 2       9        0
 SINCE 1/1       2312              1686     626     2310
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    40/180    DATE  11/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/180    DATE  11/10

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     58

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                3     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      6

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

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...WICHITA`S 12TH WARMEST NOVEMBER...DRY CONDITIONS
CONTINUE...POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS TEAR THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS FROM THE 10TH-11TH...

LIKELY NO SURPRISE TO MANY...NOVEMBER WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REGION. WICHITA`S AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (AVERAGE
OF EACH DAILY HIGH AND LOW) WAS 49.9 DEGREES...4.5 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THIS RANKED AS WICHITA`S 12TH WARMEST NOVEMBER
SINCE 1888. SALINA RECORDED AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 47.4
DEGREES...3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...RANKING NOVEMBER 2012 AS
SALINA`S 18TH WARMEST NOVEMBER SINCE 1900. FINALLY...CHANUTE`S
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 48.7 DEGREES...2.4 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL...RANKING NOVEMBER 2012 AS CHANUTE`S 23RD WARMEST NOVEMBER
SINCE 1894.

UNFORTUNATELY...NOVEMBER CONTINUED THE SEVERAL MONTH-LONG BROKEN
RECORD OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOWHERE NEAR
RECORD LOW LEVELS. WICHITA EXPERIENCED 0.55 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN
THE BUCKET...0.88 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SALINA`S MONTHLY RAINFALL
MEASURED A SCANT 0.32 INCHES...0.93 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
FINALLY...CHANUTE`S MONTHLY RAINFALL MEASURED A MODEST 1.34
INCHES...BUT WAS STILL 1.16 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO PAY ONE MORE VISIT TO
THE KANSAS NEIGHBORHOOD IN NOVEMBER BEFORE THE YEAR SIGNS OFF. THIS
NOVEMBER WAS NO EXCEPTION AS POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS TORE THROUGH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM THE EVENING OF THE 10TH UNTIL
EARLY ON THE MORNING OF THE 11TH WHEN A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGED
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE.

MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS...MORE SPECIFICALLY BARTON...RICE...ELLSWORTH
AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES...WERE RIPPED BY 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS AND HAIL
AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS. IN EXTREME NORTHWEST RICE COUNTY...A CARPORT
WAS BLOWN OVER A HOUSE IN BUSHTON AROUND 7 PM. EARLY IN THE MORNING
OF THE 11TH A SHED WAS BLOWN DOWN IN CHANUTE BY LOCALIZED 65 TO 70
MPH GUSTS. AROUND THE TIME OF THE EVENT...AT 510 AM...A 66-MPH GUST
WAS MEASURED AT MARTIN JOHNSON AIRPORT.

IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...NOVEMBER GOT OFF TO A BLAZING START AS ON
THE 2ND...TEMPERATURES SOARED LIKE FIGHTER JETS INTO THE MID AND
UPPER 80S. THE 86-DEGREE HIGH IN WICHITA SCORCHED THE RECORD OF 80
DEGREES SET FOR THE 2ND WAY BACK IN 1978. WINFIELD WAS TORCHED BY A
HIGH OF 89 DEGREES. THEN ON THE 3RD...A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGED
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE SENDING TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 30S
IN MANY AREAS.

A 2ND...AND MUCH MORE POWERFUL...COLD FRONT PLOWED THROUGH THE
REGION ON THE NIGHT OF THE 10TH TO THE 11TH. THIS 2ND COLD
FRONT...WHICH PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SENT TEMPERATURES TUMBLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND
25 DEGREES BY THE MORNING OF THE 12TH.

BEFORE NOVEMBER SIGNED OFF...TWO MORE COLD FRONTS WOULD INVADE
KANSAS. A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ON THE 22ND AND 23RD AND PRODUCED SUNNY AND WINDY WEATHER FOR
THANKSGIVING. THE LAST COLD FRONT OF THE MONTH PLOWED THROUGH THE
AREA ON THE 25TH AND 26TH AND ENABLED A CANADIAN AIRMASS TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS TO PRODUCE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR
THIS FALL. ON THE 27TH...RUSSELL PLUNGED TO 12 DEGREES WHILE SALINA
AND HUTCHINSON CHILLED OUT WITH LOWS OF 13. THE 16 DEGREE LOW
RECORDED IN WICHITA WAS THE AIR CAPITAL`S COLDEST OF THE MONTH.

THE YEAR IS ENTERING ITS 12TH AND FINAL LAP AND LIKE ANY YEAR...2012
HAD ITS "MOMENTOUS METEOROLOGICAL OCCASIONS". AN ANNUAL NARRATIVE
DISCUSSING THE HIGHLIGHTS AND LOW LIGHTS WILL BE ISSUED IN EARLY
JANUARY.

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EPS/ADK