000 CDUS44 KFWD 180650 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 150 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 81 605 PM 92 1908 69 12 72 MINIMUM 69 612 AM 26 1934 47 22 42 AVERAGE 75 58 17 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.10 1911 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.29 1.70 1.59 0.52 SINCE MAR 1 3.29 1.70 1.59 0.52 SINCE JAN 1 5.86 5.97 -0.11 6.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1934 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 8 MONTH TO DATE 135 165 -30 106 SINCE MAR 1 135 165 -30 106 SINCE JUL 1 1732 2200 -468 2015 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 0 10 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 0 20 20 SINCE MAR 1 20 0 20 20 SINCE JAN 1 53 10 43 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 5 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 600 AM LOWEST 44 1200 AM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 20 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2008.........SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT MARCH 19 2008.........SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ 82/JLD