000 CDUS44 KFWD 040637 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1236 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 68 409 PM 94 1902 65 3 71 MINIMUM 43 804 AM 10 1943 43 0 34 AVERAGE 56 54 2 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.81 1981 0.10 -0.10 1.11 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.30 -0.30 1.28 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.30 -0.30 1.28 SINCE JAN 1 1.54 4.57 -3.03 3.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 2008 0.0 0.0 1.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.2 2.5 -2.3 1.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 11 -2 12 MONTH TO DATE 53 35 18 12 SINCE MAR 1 53 35 18 12 SINCE JUL 1 1586 2070 -484 1609 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 77 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 53 800 AM LOWEST 30 400 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 20 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2009.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 5 2009.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$