000 CDUS44 KFWD 170649 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 146 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2007 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 438 PM 94 2003 83 -5 83 MINIMUM 61 621 AM 46 1945 63 -2 57 AVERAGE 70 73 -3 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.63 1949 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.81 2.64 2.17 1.90 SINCE MAR 1 11.44 8.90 2.54 8.16 SINCE JAN 1 17.45 13.17 4.28 14.26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 13 -13 0 SINCE MAR 1 250 335 -85 176 SINCE JUL 1 2159 2370 -211 1697 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 8 -3 5 MONTH TO DATE 173 107 66 153 SINCE MAR 1 322 189 133 465 SINCE JAN 1 328 199 129 477 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 92 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 500 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 96 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 45 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2007...........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT MAY 18 2007...........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$