000 CDUS44 KFWD 030637 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 137 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 78 1220 PM 95 1943 80 -2 81 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 44 1978 59 2 64 AVERAGE 70 69 1 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.45R 1.98 1906 0.15 2.30 T MONTH TO DATE 2.45 0.30 2.15 T SINCE MAR 1 11.55 6.56 4.99 9.92 SINCE JAN 1 13.09 10.83 2.26 12.49 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 334 324 10 241 SINCE JUL 1 1867 2359 -492 1838 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 5 0 8 MONTH TO DATE 16 10 6 21 SINCE MAR 1 169 92 77 198 SINCE JAN 1 203 102 101 231 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 14 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 PM LOWEST 76 1200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 97 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 41 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2009...........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT MAY 4 2009...........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$