000 CDUS44 KFWD 050637 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 136 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 80 358 PM 100 1947 80 0 85 MINIMUM 52 435 AM 40 1907 59 -7 67 AVERAGE 66 70 -4 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.51 1935 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.61 -0.61 1.97 SINCE MAR 1 9.92 6.87 3.05 8.60 SINCE JAN 1 12.49 11.14 1.35 14.61 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 4 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 244 326 -82 250 SINCE JUL 1 1841 2361 -520 2159 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 6 -5 11 MONTH TO DATE 22 21 1 30 SINCE MAR 1 199 103 96 179 SINCE JAN 1 232 113 119 185 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 80 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 400 AM LOWEST 26 400 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 95 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 1935 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2008...........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT MAY 6 2008...........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$