000 CDUS44 KFWD 060640 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1239 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 86 336 PM 96 1991 65 21 68 MINIMUM 62 726 AM 20 1989 44 18 45 AVERAGE 74 54 20 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1933 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.50 -0.50 1.28 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.50 -0.50 1.28 SINCE JAN 1 1.54 4.77 -3.23 3.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1954 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0 11 -11 8 MONTH TO DATE 53 57 -4 37 SINCE MAR 1 53 57 -4 37 SINCE JUL 1 1586 2092 -506 1634 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 0 9 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 0 9 4 SINCE MAR 1 9 0 9 4 SINCE JAN 1 43 10 33 37 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 22.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 85 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 400 AM LOWEST 34 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 90 1929 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2009.........SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST MARCH 7 2009.........SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$