000 CDUS44 KFWD 040642 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1240 AM CST SAT MAR 4 2006 ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 315 PM 94 1902 65 7 59 MINIMUM 51 729 AM 10 1943 43 8 46 AVERAGE 62 54 8 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.81 1981 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.30 -0.30 0.12 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.30 -0.30 0.12 SINCE JAN 1 6.10 4.57 1.53 6.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.8 1917 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 2.5 -2.5 0.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 11 -8 12 MONTH TO DATE 3 35 -32 46 SINCE MAR 1 3 35 -32 46 SINCE JUL 1 1524 2070 -546 1615 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 15 0 15 0 SINCE MAR 1 15 0 15 0 SINCE JAN 1 27 10 17 27 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 75 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 600 AM LOWEST 22 300 PM AVERAGE 38 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 20 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2006.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 5 2006.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$