000 CDUS44 KFWD 220656 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 156 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 87 344 PM 95 1955 77 10 78 MINIMUM 70 604 AM 39 1918 55 15 55 AVERAGE 79 66 13 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.21 1926 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.53 2.05 0.48 1.50 SINCE MAR 1 8.60 5.11 3.49 5.31 SINCE JAN 1 11.17 9.38 1.79 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 62 -15 138 SINCE MAR 1 229 310 -81 247 SINCE JUL 1 1826 2345 -519 2156 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 3 11 2 MONTH TO DATE 60 36 24 23 SINCE MAR 1 126 46 80 104 SINCE JAN 1 159 56 103 110 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 78 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 51 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 94 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 39 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2008.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT APRIL 23 2008.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$