000 CDUS44 KFWD 130640 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 140 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 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 80 329 PM 91 1918 67 13 74 MINIMUM 48 542 AM 14 1948 45 3 60 AVERAGE 64 56 8 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.63 1943 0.10 -0.10 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 3.29 1.20 2.09 0.17 SINCE MAR 1 3.29 1.20 2.09 0.17 SINCE JAN 1 5.86 5.47 0.39 6.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1970 0.0 0.0 0.0 1956 1950 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 1 9 -8 0 MONTH TO DATE 132 124 8 90 SINCE MAR 1 132 124 8 90 SINCE JUL 1 1729 2159 -430 1999 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 14 SINCE MAR 1 4 0 4 14 SINCE JAN 1 37 10 27 20 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 300 AM LOWEST 20 200 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 92 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 23 1950 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 13 2008.........SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT MARCH 14 2008.........SUNRISE 739 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$