000 CDUS44 KFWD 170637 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 136 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 77 154 AM 94 2003 83 -6 82 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 46 1945 63 -2 59 AVERAGE 69 73 -4 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.46 4.63 1949 0.18 0.28 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.10 2.64 1.46 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 13.20 8.90 4.30 11.27 SINCE JAN 1 14.74 13.17 1.57 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 4 8 -4 6 MONTH TO DATE 129 107 22 120 SINCE MAR 1 282 189 93 297 SINCE JAN 1 316 199 117 330 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 13 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 64 1100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 96 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 45 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2009...........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT MAY 18 2009...........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$