000 CDUS44 KFWD 090651 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1249 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 74 507 PM 94 1911 66 8 64 MINIMUM 67 713 AM 22 1996 44 23 41 AVERAGE 71 55 16 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.49 1999 0.10 -0.10 0.01 MONTH TO DATE T 0.80 -0.80 0.23 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.80 -0.80 0.23 SINCE JAN 1 6.10 5.07 1.03 6.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1942 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 0 10 -10 12 MONTH TO DATE 6 87 -81 89 SINCE MAR 1 6 87 -81 89 SINCE JUL 1 1527 2122 -595 1658 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 0 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 0 33 0 SINCE MAR 1 33 0 33 0 SINCE JAN 1 45 10 35 27 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 10 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 300 AM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 100 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 20 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2006.........SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 632 PM CST MARCH 10 2006.........SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 632 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$