000 CDUS44 KFWD 200654 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 153 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 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 68 458 PM 95 1907 69 -1 74 MINIMUM 49 1159 PM 15 1923 47 2 65 AVERAGE 59 58 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.32 4.39 2002 0.10 0.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.96 1.90 4.06 0.52 SINCE MAR 1 5.96 1.90 4.06 0.52 SINCE JAN 1 8.53 6.17 2.36 6.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1965 0.0 MM 0.0 1924 1914 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 6 7 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 143 179 -36 106 SINCE MAR 1 143 179 -36 106 SINCE JUL 1 1740 2214 -474 2015 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 20 0 20 26 SINCE MAR 1 20 0 20 26 SINCE JAN 1 53 10 43 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 97 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1200 AM LOWEST 22 300 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 91 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 19 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2008.........SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT MARCH 21 2008.........SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$