000 CDUS44 KFWD 150638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 136 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 85 508 PM 95 1955 83 2 79 MINIMUM 67 909 AM 42 1971 63 4 69 AVERAGE 76 73 3 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 2.41 1910 0.17 -0.12 0.74 MONTH TO DATE 3.64 2.28 1.36 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 12.74 8.54 4.20 11.27 SINCE JAN 1 14.28 12.81 1.47 13.84 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 13 -10 3 SINCE MAR 1 337 335 2 244 SINCE JUL 1 1870 2370 -500 1841 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 8 3 9 MONTH TO DATE 111 91 20 111 SINCE MAR 1 264 173 91 288 SINCE JAN 1 298 183 115 321 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 62 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1100 PM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 1993 1978 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 44 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2009...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 16 2009...........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$