000 CDUS44 KFWD 120640 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 138 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 49 1242 AM 93 1955 67 -18 72 MINIMUM 38 912 AM 11 1948 45 -7 41 AVERAGE 44 56 -12 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 3.60R 2.01 1990 0.10 3.50 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.60 1.10 2.50 3.29 SINCE MAR 1 3.60 1.10 2.50 3.29 SINCE JAN 1 5.14 5.37 -0.23 5.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1970 0.0 MM 0.0 1968 1951 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 2.1 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 2.1 SINCE JUL 1 0.2 2.5 -2.3 2.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 9 12 8 MONTH TO DATE 76 115 -39 131 SINCE MAR 1 76 115 -39 131 SINCE JUL 1 1609 2150 -541 1728 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 39 0 39 4 SINCE MAR 1 39 0 39 4 SINCE JAN 1 73 10 63 37 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 PM LOWEST 50 100 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 14 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2009.........SUNRISE 742 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT MARCH 13 2009.........SUNRISE 741 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$