000 CDUS44 KFWD 090646 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 144 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 86 217 PM 95 1933 81 5 83 MINIMUM 64 541 AM 44 1938 61 3 61 AVERAGE 75 71 4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 3.40 1922 0.17 -0.11 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.90 1.26 0.64 0.54 SINCE MAR 1 8.16 7.52 0.64 3.27 SINCE JAN 1 14.26 11.79 2.47 9.22 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 24 SINCE MAR 1 176 330 -154 335 SINCE JUL 1 1697 2365 -668 1904 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 7 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 82 46 36 21 SINCE MAR 1 394 128 266 106 SINCE JAN 1 406 138 268 133 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 77 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 400 AM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 97 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 46 1969 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2006...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT MAY 10 2006...........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$