000 CDUS44 KFWD 010644 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 143 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 84 422 PM 95 1928 79 5 82 MINIMUM 60 600 AM 35 1903 58 2 66 AVERAGE 72 69 3 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.85 1905 0.14 -0.14 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 3.85 3.20 0.65 2.82 SINCE MAR 1 9.92 6.26 3.66 6.63 SINCE JAN 1 12.49 10.53 1.96 12.64 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 59 74 -15 141 SINCE MAR 1 241 322 -81 250 SINCE JUL 1 1838 2357 -519 2159 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 9 MONTH TO DATE 111 72 39 68 SINCE MAR 1 177 82 95 149 SINCE JAN 1 210 92 118 155 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 23.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 500 AM LOWEST 39 1200 AM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 2002 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 34 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2008...........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT MAY 2 2008...........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$