000 CDUS44 KFWD 170638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 137 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 76 428 PM 95 2006 76 0 77 MINIMUM 56 603 AM 36 1961 54 2 56 1905 AVERAGE 66 65 1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.71 2002 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 1.51 -0.50 1.56 SINCE MAR 1 6.57 4.57 2.00 7.63 SINCE JAN 1 8.11 8.84 -0.73 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 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 89 52 37 43 SINCE MAR 1 328 300 28 225 SINCE JUL 1 1861 2335 -474 1822 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 2 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 15 22 -7 35 SINCE MAR 1 73 32 41 101 SINCE JAN 1 107 42 65 134 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 80 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 400 AM LOWEST 43 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 101 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 35 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2009.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT APRIL 18 2009.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$