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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX                               
200 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

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...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         87    313 PM  97    1979  80      7       86       
  MINIMUM         65    547 AM  35    1977  58      7       62       
  AVERAGE         76                        69      7       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.53 1969   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.58                      1.57  -0.99     0.24    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.42                      3.99  -2.57     5.23    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.59                     27.05  -6.46    43.20    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         3     -3        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         3     -3        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         4      7        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  117                        71     46      186       
  SINCE SEP 1    527                       447     80      692       
  SINCE JAN 1   3206                      2504    702     2950       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  14 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        97      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        38      1977                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 13 2008.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 14 2008.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT   

                                                                     
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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