000 CDUS44 KFWD 090727 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 227 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 89 411 PM 95 1933 81 8 84 MINIMUM 72 437 AM 44 1938 61 11 65 AVERAGE 81 71 10 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.40 1922 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.94 1.26 1.68 0.59 SINCE MAR 1 12.04 7.52 4.52 10.51 SINCE JAN 1 13.58 11.79 1.79 13.08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 8 -5 3 SINCE MAR 1 337 330 7 244 SINCE JUL 1 1870 2365 -495 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 7 9 10 MONTH TO DATE 58 46 12 60 SINCE MAR 1 211 128 83 237 SINCE JAN 1 245 138 107 270 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 74 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 400 AM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 97 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 46 1969 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2009...........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT MAY 10 2009...........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$