000 CDUS44 KFWD 160638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 138 AM CDT THU APR 16 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 74 243 PM 93 1940 76 -2 75 MINIMUM 50 544 AM 33 1928 54 -4 48 AVERAGE 62 65 -3 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.71 1899 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 1.41 -0.40 1.56 SINCE MAR 1 6.57 4.47 2.10 7.63 SINCE JAN 1 8.11 8.74 -0.63 10.20 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 3 2 1 3 MONTH TO DATE 89 50 39 43 SINCE MAR 1 328 298 30 225 SINCE JUL 1 1861 2333 -472 1822 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 20 -6 33 SINCE MAR 1 72 30 42 99 SINCE JAN 1 106 40 66 132 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 77 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 400 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 95 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 36 1961 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2009.........SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT APRIL 17 2009.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$