000 CDUS44 KFWD 160638 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 138 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 88 337 PM 94 1993 83 5 74 1978 1925 MINIMUM 70 651 AM 44 1907 63 7 62 AVERAGE 79 73 6 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.58 1906 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.64 2.46 1.18 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 12.74 8.72 4.02 11.27 SINCE JAN 1 14.28 12.99 1.29 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 14 8 6 3 MONTH TO DATE 125 99 26 114 SINCE MAR 1 278 181 97 291 SINCE JAN 1 312 191 121 324 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 78 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 45 600 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 46 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2009...........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 17 2009...........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$