000 CDUS44 KMEG 200651 CLIMEM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1250 AM CST SUN MAR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 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 68 422 PM 83 1948 64 4 80 MINIMUM 41 752 AM 14 1923 45 -4 56 AVERAGE 55 54 1 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 5.26 1894 0.18 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.86 3.33 -2.47 1.82 SINCE MAR 1 0.86 3.33 -2.47 1.82 SINCE JAN 1 9.03 11.88 -2.85 9.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1965 0.0 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 10 11 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 288 255 33 182 SINCE MAR 1 288 255 33 182 SINCE JUL 1 2207 2764 -557 2573 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 2 3 -1 9 SINCE MAR 1 2 3 -1 9 SINCE JAN 1 8 6 2 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 700 AM LOWEST 32 600 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 84 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 18 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2005.........SUNRISE 603 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST MARCH 21 2005.........SUNRISE 602 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$