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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX                                 
130 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2009


...THE DALHART CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2009


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         64    445 PM 101    1996  76    -12       75       
  MINIMUM         45   1149 PM  39    1967  49     -4       40       
  AVERAGE         55                        62     -7       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.16          2.11 1954   0.09   0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      1.35  -1.15     1.17    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.24                      3.78  -1.54     1.45    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.64                      4.70  -2.06     1.71    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1954   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     16.0                       4.4   11.6      0.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     19.2                      17.7    1.5     10.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         4      6        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   97                        94      3      101       
  SINCE MAR 1    939                      1079   -140     1054       
  SINCE JUL 1   4110                      4817   -707     4602       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        15      6        9       
  SINCE MAR 1     28                        26      2       18       
  SINCE JAN 1     28                        26      2       18       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   7   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (100)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED   12.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     36           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       

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THE DALHART CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        95      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        39      1976                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 17 2009...........SUNRISE   643 AM CDT   SUNSET   851 PM CDT   
MAY 18 2009...........SUNRISE   642 AM CDT   SUNSET   852 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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