000 CDUS44 KFWD 150639 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 140 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 87 457 PM 92 1989 68 19 74 MINIMUM 50 715 AM 26 1988 46 4 54 AVERAGE 69 57 12 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.01 1990 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.29 1.40 1.89 0.52 SINCE MAR 1 3.29 1.40 1.89 0.52 SINCE JAN 1 5.86 5.67 0.19 6.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1962 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 0 8 -8 1 MONTH TO DATE 132 141 -9 91 SINCE MAR 1 132 141 -9 91 SINCE JUL 1 1729 2176 -447 2000 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 0 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 0 10 18 SINCE MAR 1 10 0 10 18 SINCE JAN 1 43 10 33 24 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 700 AM LOWEST 16 500 PM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 86 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 28 1954 1913 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2008.........SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT MARCH 16 2008.........SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$