000 CDUS44 KFWD 100711 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 210 AM CDT MON MAR 10 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 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 74 347 PM 100 1911 66 8 81 MINIMUM 39 552 AM 20 1996 45 -6 59 AVERAGE 57 56 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.43 1.59 1953 0.10 0.33 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.64 0.90 1.74 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 2.64 0.90 1.74 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 5.21 5.17 0.04 6.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1915 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.1 0.1 2.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 2.1 0.1 2.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.1 2.5 -0.4 0.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 10 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 115 97 18 90 SINCE MAR 1 115 97 18 90 SINCE JUL 1 1712 2132 -420 1999 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 5 SINCE MAR 1 4 0 4 5 SINCE JAN 1 37 10 27 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 60 AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 500 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 99 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 15 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2008.........SUNRISE 744 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT MARCH 11 2008.........SUNRISE 743 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$