000 CDUS44 KFWD 200637 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1236 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19 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 54 335 PM 73 2008 56 -2 73 1978 MINIMUM 35 1159 PM 7 1924 36 -1 54 AVERAGE 45 46 -1 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.56 1911 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.07 1.64 -0.57 0.12 SINCE DEC 1 1.07 1.64 -0.57 0.12 SINCE JAN 1 40.11 33.80 6.31 26.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1909 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T T 0.0 T SINCE DEC 1 T T 0.0 T SINCE JUL 1 T 0.2 -0.2 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 19 1 1 MONTH TO DATE 430 328 102 304 SINCE DEC 1 430 328 102 304 SINCE JUL 1 721 694 27 539 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JAN 1 2740 2568 172 3323 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 800 AM LOWEST 41 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 77 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 8 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 20 2009......SUNRISE 726 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST DECEMBER 21 2009......SUNRISE 727 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$