000 CDUS44 KFWD 200642 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 142 AM CDT MON APR 20 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 71 347 PM 93 1996 77 -6 85 MINIMUM 54 640 AM 36 1953 55 -1 54 AVERAGE 63 66 -3 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.67 1942 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.74 1.83 -0.09 2.53 SINCE MAR 1 7.30 4.89 2.41 8.60 SINCE JAN 1 8.84 9.16 -0.32 11.17 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 2 2 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 95 58 37 47 SINCE MAR 1 334 306 28 229 SINCE JUL 1 1867 2341 -474 1826 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 5 MONTH TO DATE 18 30 -12 42 SINCE MAR 1 76 40 36 108 SINCE JAN 1 110 50 60 141 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 94 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 40 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2009.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 21 2009.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ 82/JLD