000 CDUS44 KFWD 200637 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 137 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 85 327 PM 93 1996 77 8 78 MINIMUM 54 1210 AM 36 1953 55 -1 51 AVERAGE 70 66 4 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.67 1942 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.53 1.83 0.70 1.50 SINCE MAR 1 8.60 4.89 3.71 5.31 SINCE JAN 1 11.17 9.16 2.01 11.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE MAR 1 2.1 0.1 2.0 T SINCE JUL 1 2.1 2.5 -0.4 0.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 47 58 -11 138 SINCE MAR 1 229 306 -77 247 SINCE JUL 1 1826 2341 -515 2156 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 3 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 42 30 12 15 SINCE MAR 1 108 40 68 96 SINCE JAN 1 141 50 91 102 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 61 1200 AM LOWEST 24 500 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 94 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 40 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2008.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 21 2008.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$