000 CDUS44 KFWD 040640 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1239 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 143 AM 94 1902 65 6 54 MINIMUM 34 905 PM 10 1943 43 -9 36 AVERAGE 53 54 -1 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.11 1.81 1981 0.10 1.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.28 0.30 0.98 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.28 0.30 0.98 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 3.85 4.57 -0.72 6.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.0 R 0.8 1917 0.0 1.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 1.0 2.5 -1.5 0.3 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 11 1 20 MONTH TO DATE 12 35 -23 43 SINCE MAR 1 12 35 -23 43 SINCE JUL 1 1609 2070 -461 1952 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 0 4 0 SINCE JAN 1 37 10 27 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 900 PM LOWEST 68 1200 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 20 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2008.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 5 2008.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$