468 CDUS44 KFWD 080640 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 138 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 84 132 PM 96 1918 81 3 89 MINIMUM 70 254 AM 44 1917 60 10 68 AVERAGE 77 71 6 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.48 1925 0.16 -0.16 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.94 1.09 1.85 0.59 SINCE MAR 1 12.04 7.35 4.69 10.51 SINCE JAN 1 13.58 11.62 1.96 13.08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 7 -4 3 SINCE MAR 1 337 329 8 244 SINCE JUL 1 1870 2364 -494 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 6 6 14 MONTH TO DATE 42 39 3 50 SINCE MAR 1 195 121 74 227 SINCE JAN 1 229 131 98 260 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 12 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 300 AM LOWEST 69 1200 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 95 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 44 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2009...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT MAY 9 2009...........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$