000 CDUS44 KFWD 020657 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 156 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1 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 76 455 PM 93 1918 72 4 75 MINIMUM 44 133 AM 31 1899 50 -6 54 AVERAGE 60 61 -1 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.51 1916 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.09 -0.09 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 5.56 3.15 2.41 6.07 SINCE JAN 1 7.10 7.42 -0.32 8.64 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 5 4 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 4 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 244 252 -8 182 SINCE JUL 1 1777 2287 -510 1779 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 11 47 66 SINCE JAN 1 92 21 71 99 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 93 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 300 AM LOWEST 21 300 PM AVERAGE 38 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 94 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 2 2009.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT APRIL 3 2009.........SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$