000 CXUS53 KDDC 052344 CLIP28 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 543 PM CST THU NOV 5 2009 ................................... ...THE MEDICINE LODGE KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 76 347 PM 87 1924 62 14 79 MINIMUM 35 545 AM 17 1982 35 0 48 AVERAGE 56 48 8 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.60 1951 0.07 -0.07 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.35 -0.35 0.09 SINCE SEP 1 4.63 5.16 -0.53 12.74 SINCE JAN 1 19.88 26.15 -6.27 35.93 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 9 17 -8 1 MONTH TO DATE 54 79 -25 11 SINCE SEP 1 499 354 145 279 SINCE JUL 1 499 355 144 279 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 170 211 -41 168 SINCE JAN 1 1654 1577 77 1599 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.8 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 56 900 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE MEDICINE LODGE KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 87 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 8 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 532 PM CST NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 531 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$