000 CDUS44 KFWD 120642 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 145 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 71 335 PM 96 1948 75 -4 72 MINIMUM 46 609 AM 29 1989 53 -7 53 AVERAGE 59 64 -5 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.38 1991 0.10 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 1.01 -0.99 1.56 SINCE MAR 1 5.58 4.07 1.51 7.63 SINCE JAN 1 7.12 8.34 -1.22 10.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MM 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 6 3 3 2 MONTH TO DATE 69 39 30 16 SINCE MAR 1 308 287 21 198 SINCE JUL 1 1841 2322 -481 1795 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 12 2 33 SINCE MAR 1 72 22 50 99 SINCE JAN 1 106 32 74 132 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 76 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 700 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 95 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 31 1957 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2009.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT APRIL 13 2009.........SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$