000 CDUS44 KFWD 120638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 137 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 78 414 PM 96 1967 82 -4 75 MINIMUM 60 951 AM 44 1981 62 -2 55 AVERAGE 69 72 -3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.64 1.49 1994 0.17 0.47 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.59 1.77 1.82 0.59 SINCE MAR 1 12.69 8.03 4.66 10.51 SINCE JAN 1 14.23 12.30 1.93 13.08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 11 -8 3 SINCE MAR 1 337 333 4 244 SINCE JUL 1 1870 2368 -498 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 7 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 74 67 7 87 SINCE MAR 1 227 149 78 264 SINCE JAN 1 261 159 102 297 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 52 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 58 300 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 98 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 44 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2009...........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT MAY 13 2009...........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$