000 CDUS44 KFWD 200638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1236 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 73R 429 PM 73 1978 56 17 69 MINIMUM 54 1146 PM 7 1924 36 18 39 AVERAGE 64 46 18 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.56 1911 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 1.64 -1.52 1.98 SINCE DEC 1 0.12 1.64 -1.52 1.98 SINCE JAN 1 26.95 33.80 -6.85 49.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1909 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T T 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 T T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.2 -0.2 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 19 -18 11 MONTH TO DATE 304 328 -24 255 SINCE DEC 1 304 328 -24 255 SINCE JUL 1 539 694 -155 478 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 11 SINCE DEC 1 0 2 -2 11 SINCE JAN 1 3323 2568 755 3124 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 81 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 23 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 77 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 8 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 20 2008......SUNRISE 727 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST DECEMBER 21 2008......SUNRISE 727 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$