000 CDUS44 KFWD 170643 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1243 AM CST FRI MAR 17 2006 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 78 433 PM 88 1908 68 10 51 MINIMUM 54 1159 PM 29 1947 47 7 38 AVERAGE 66 57 9 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.33 1998 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 1.60 -1.45 0.24 SINCE MAR 1 0.15 1.60 -1.45 0.24 SINCE JAN 1 6.25 5.87 0.38 6.19 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 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 8 -8 20 MONTH TO DATE 30 157 -127 163 SINCE MAR 1 30 157 -127 163 SINCE JUL 1 1551 2192 -641 1732 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 0 65 1 SINCE MAR 1 65 0 65 1 SINCE JAN 1 77 10 67 28 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 89 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 400 AM LOWEST 12 400 PM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 638 PM CST MARCH 18 2006.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 638 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$