000 CDUS44 KFWD 190632 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 135 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 454 PM 96 1956 84 0 87 MINIMUM 68 600 AM 50 1976 64 4 73 AVERAGE 76 74 2 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.89 1942 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.47 3.00 -1.53 2.28 SINCE MAR 1 4.20 9.26 -5.06 6.95 SINCE JAN 1 10.15 13.53 -3.38 13.83 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 24 13 11 20 SINCE MAR 1 335 335 0 217 SINCE JUL 1 1904 2370 -466 2005 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 15 MONTH TO DATE 108 125 -17 112 SINCE MAR 1 193 207 -14 259 SINCE JAN 1 220 217 3 270 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 72 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 700 AM LOWEST 51 500 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 96 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 50 2002 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ 58