000 CDUS44 KFWD 040643 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 143 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 67 413 PM 97 1920 80 -13 73 MINIMUM 58 747 AM 41 1954 59 -1 50 AVERAGE 63 70 -7 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.44 1.99 1979 0.15 0.29 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.89 0.45 2.44 T SINCE MAR 1 11.99 6.71 5.28 9.92 SINCE JAN 1 13.53 10.98 2.55 12.49 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 3 MONTH TO DATE 2 3 -1 3 SINCE MAR 1 336 325 11 244 SINCE JUL 1 1869 2360 -491 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 15 1 21 SINCE MAR 1 169 97 72 198 SINCE JAN 1 203 107 96 231 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 42 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 63 400 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 100 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2009...........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT MAY 5 2009...........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$