000 CDUS44 KFWD 010656 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1255 AM CST SAT APR 1 2006 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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 89 457 PM 96 1974 72 17 79 MINIMUM 68 709 AM 28 1987 50 18 52 AVERAGE 79 61 18 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.92 1916 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 4.40 3.06 1.34 2.17 SINCE MAR 1 4.40 3.06 1.34 2.17 SINCE JAN 1 10.50 7.33 3.17 8.12 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 5 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 170 248 -78 259 SINCE MAR 1 170 248 -78 259 SINCE JUL 1 1691 2283 -592 1828 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 1 13 1 MONTH TO DATE 89 10 79 10 SINCE MAR 1 89 10 79 10 SINCE JAN 1 101 20 81 37 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 76 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 AM LOWEST 27 400 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 93 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2006.........SUNRISE 616 AM CST SUNSET 648 PM CST APRIL 2 2006.........SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$