000 CDUS44 KFWD 060640 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 139 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 78 522 PM 95 1984 80 -2 75 MINIMUM 63 449 AM 44 1935 60 3 66 1917 AVERAGE 71 70 1 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.50 1995 0.16 -0.15 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 2.90 0.77 2.13 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 12.00 7.03 4.97 9.94 SINCE JAN 1 13.54 11.30 2.24 12.51 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 5 -2 3 SINCE MAR 1 337 327 10 244 SINCE JUL 1 1870 2362 -492 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 6 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 22 27 -5 28 SINCE MAR 1 175 109 66 205 SINCE JAN 1 209 119 90 238 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 22 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 74 500 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 100 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 45 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2009...........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT MAY 7 2009...........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$