000 CDUS44 KFWD 180638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 137 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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 82 406 PM 92 1908 69 13 81 MINIMUM 49 700 AM 26 1934 47 2 69 AVERAGE 66 58 8 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.10 1911 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 4.47 1.70 2.77 3.29 SINCE MAR 1 4.47 1.70 2.77 3.29 SINCE JAN 1 6.01 5.97 0.04 5.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1934 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0 8 -8 0 MONTH TO DATE 162 165 -3 135 SINCE MAR 1 162 165 -3 135 SINCE JUL 1 1695 2200 -505 1732 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 10 MONTH TO DATE 40 0 40 20 SINCE MAR 1 40 0 40 20 SINCE JAN 1 74 10 64 53 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 20 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2009.........SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT MARCH 19 2009.........SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$