000 CDUS44 KFWD 180659 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1258 AM CST WED FEB 18 2009 ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 66 422 PM 88 1959 61 5 58 MINIMUM 51 821 AM 11 1910 39 12 38 AVERAGE 59 50 9 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.45 1938 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.72 1.35 -0.63 2.25 SINCE DEC 1 1.81 5.82 -4.01 4.86 SINCE JAN 1 1.54 3.25 -1.71 2.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.5 1978 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.2 2.2 -2.0 T SINCE JUL 1 0.2 2.4 -2.2 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 15 -9 17 MONTH TO DATE 161 296 -135 194 SINCE DEC 1 1186 1517 -331 1237 SINCE JUL 1 1421 1883 -462 1460 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 7 -1 15 SINCE DEC 1 25 12 13 41 SINCE JAN 1 16 10 6 30 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 23 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1100 PM LOWEST 59 1200 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 85 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 10 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2009......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2009......SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$