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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX                               
145 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2005

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...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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         68    441 PM  90    1934  78    -10       78       
  MINIMUM         51    715 AM  41    1907  56     -5       67       
  AVERAGE         60                        67     -7       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.31 1953   0.12  -0.12     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      2.29  -2.16     0.56    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.30                      5.35  -3.05     2.27    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.25                      9.62  -1.37     9.15    
                                                                     
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        5                         2      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        66    -36       56       
  SINCE MAR 1    289                       314    -25      196       
  SINCE JUL 1   1858                      2349   -491     1984       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   59                        42     17       72       
  SINCE MAR 1     69                        52     17      119       
  SINCE JAN 1     96                        62     34      130       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  88 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    51           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    35                                                       
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THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        91      1984                    
                                             1950                    
                                             1901                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        41      1995                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE   648 AM CDT   SUNSET   805 PM CDT   
APRIL 25 2005.........SUNRISE   647 AM CDT   SUNSET   806 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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