000 CDUS44 KFWD 030640 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1240 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 60 348 PM 90 1901 65 -5 74 MINIMUM 30 433 AM 15 1980 43 -13 63 AVERAGE 45 54 -9 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.82 1979 0.10 -0.10 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.20 -0.20 0.17 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.20 -0.20 0.17 SINCE JAN 1 1.54 4.47 -2.93 2.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1971 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.2 2.5 -2.3 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 12 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 24 20 0 SINCE MAR 1 44 24 20 0 SINCE JUL 1 1577 2059 -482 1597 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 4 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 4 SINCE JAN 1 34 10 24 37 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 49 400 AM LOWEST 21 400 PM AVERAGE 35 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 94 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 10 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2009.........SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 627 PM CST MARCH 4 2009.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ 82/JLD