000 CDUS44 KFWD 050637 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 137 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 71 318 PM 100 1947 80 -9 80 MINIMUM 57 629 AM 40 1907 59 -2 52 AVERAGE 64 70 -6 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.51 1935 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.89 0.61 2.28 T SINCE MAR 1 11.99 6.87 5.12 9.92 SINCE JAN 1 13.53 11.14 2.39 12.49 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 4 -1 3 SINCE MAR 1 337 326 11 244 SINCE JUL 1 1870 2361 -491 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 1 MONTH TO DATE 16 21 -5 22 SINCE MAR 1 169 103 66 199 SINCE JAN 1 203 113 90 232 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 70 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 61 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 95 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 1935 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2009...........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT MAY 6 2009...........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$