000 CDUS44 KMEG 170741 CLIMEM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 141 AM CST THU MAR 17 2005 ................................... ...THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 46 424 PM 82 1945 63 -17 56 MINIMUM 38 744 AM 24 1900 44 -6 44 AVERAGE 42 54 -12 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.10 9.30 1919 0.18 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.78 2.79 -2.01 1.55 SINCE MAR 1 0.78 2.79 -2.01 1.55 SINCE JAN 1 8.95 11.34 -2.39 9.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1951 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 6.4 -4.4 0.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 12 11 15 MONTH TO DATE 250 222 28 171 SINCE MAR 1 250 222 28 171 SINCE JUL 1 2169 2731 -562 2562 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 5 SINCE MAR 1 2 0 2 5 SINCE JAN 1 8 3 5 8 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 100 AM LOWEST 65 1200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 81 1989 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 23 1941 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE 606 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$