000 CDUS44 KFWD 120645 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 140 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 72 521 PM 93 1955 67 5 78 MINIMUM 41 548 AM 11 1948 45 -4 61 AVERAGE 57 56 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.01 1990 0.10 -0.10 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 3.29 1.10 2.19 0.12 SINCE MAR 1 3.29 1.10 2.19 0.12 SINCE JAN 1 5.86 5.37 0.49 6.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1970 0.0 0.0 0.0 1968 1951 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 9 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 131 115 16 90 SINCE MAR 1 131 115 16 90 SINCE JUL 1 1728 2150 -422 1999 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 12 SINCE MAR 1 4 0 4 12 SINCE JAN 1 37 10 27 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 98 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 27 500 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 14 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2008.........SUNRISE 742 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT MARCH 13 2008.........SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$