000 CDUS44 KFWD 130644 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 140 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 87 518 PM 98 1978 82 5 79 MINIMUM 62 428 AM 44 1960 62 0 52 AVERAGE 75 72 3 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.84 1930 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.59 1.94 1.65 0.59 SINCE MAR 1 12.69 8.20 4.49 10.51 SINCE JAN 1 14.23 12.47 1.76 13.08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 12 -9 3 SINCE MAR 1 337 334 3 244 SINCE JUL 1 1870 2369 -499 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 8 2 1 MONTH TO DATE 84 75 9 88 SINCE MAR 1 237 157 80 265 SINCE JAN 1 271 167 104 298 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 65 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 95 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 43 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 13 2009...........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT MAY 14 2009...........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$