000 CDUS44 KFWD 220638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 137 AM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 79 450 PM 100 1916 70 9 78 MINIMUM 51 655 AM 27 1965 48 3 66 1913 AVERAGE 65 59 6 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.84 1926 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 5.96 2.10 3.86 0.53 SINCE MAR 1 5.96 2.10 3.86 0.53 SINCE JAN 1 8.53 6.37 2.16 6.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1970 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 7 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 149 193 -44 106 SINCE MAR 1 149 193 -44 106 SINCE JUL 1 1746 2228 -482 2015 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 20 0 20 37 SINCE MAR 1 20 0 20 37 SINCE JAN 1 53 10 43 43 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 700 AM LOWEST 25 500 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 93 1995 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 26 1914 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2008.........SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT MARCH 23 2008.........SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$