000 CDUS44 KFWD 010642 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 140 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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 84 104 PM 96 1974 72 12 71 MINIMUM 73 1159 PM 28 1987 50 23 53 AVERAGE 79 61 18 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.92 1916 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 6.07 3.06 3.01 3.81 SINCE MAR 1 6.07 3.06 3.01 3.81 SINCE JAN 1 8.64 7.33 1.31 9.82 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 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 5 -5 3 MONTH TO DATE 182 248 -66 109 SINCE MAR 1 182 248 -66 109 SINCE JUL 1 1779 2283 -504 2018 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 1 13 0 MONTH TO DATE 66 10 56 81 SINCE MAR 1 66 10 56 81 SINCE JAN 1 99 20 79 87 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 44 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1000 AM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 93 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2008.........SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT APRIL 2 2008.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$