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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX                               
135 AM CDT WED APR 13 2005

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...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         77    548 PM  95    1972  75      2       63       
  MINIMUM         51    547 AM  31    1957  53     -2       46       
                                      1940                          
  AVERAGE         64                        64      0       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.03 1969   0.10  -0.10     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      1.11  -0.98     0.49    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.30                      4.17  -1.87     2.20    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.25                      8.44  -0.19     9.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.3                       2.5   -2.2      2.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         3     -2       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        42    -20       35       
  SINCE MAR 1    281                       290     -9      175       
  SINCE JUL 1   1850                      2325   -475     1963       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        14      7        9       
  SINCE MAR 1     31                        24      7       56       
  SINCE JAN 1     58                        34     24       67       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  89 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    48           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    34                                                       
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THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        93      1972                    
                                             1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        30      1957                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE   701 AM CDT   SUNSET   757 PM CDT   
APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE   659 AM CDT   SUNSET   758 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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