000 CDUS44 KFWD 080649 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 148 AM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 77 418 PM 96 1918 81 -4 79 MINIMUM 61 521 AM 44 1917 60 1 64 AVERAGE 69 71 -2 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.48 1925 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.84 1.09 0.75 0.53 SINCE MAR 1 8.10 7.35 0.75 3.26 SINCE JAN 1 14.20 11.62 2.58 9.21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 24 SINCE MAR 1 176 329 -153 335 SINCE JUL 1 1697 2364 -667 1904 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 6 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 72 39 33 14 SINCE MAR 1 384 121 263 99 SINCE JAN 1 396 131 265 126 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 68 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 58 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 95 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 44 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2006...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT MAY 9 2006...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$