764 CDUS44 KFWD 080642 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 140 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 90 431 PM 96 1918 81 9 80 MINIMUM 65 607 AM 44 1917 60 5 66 AVERAGE 78 71 7 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.48 1925 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.65 1.09 1.56 0.16 SINCE MAR 1 5.18 7.35 -2.17 5.76 SINCE JAN 1 7.70 11.62 -3.92 11.35 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 7 25 0 SINCE MAR 1 236 329 -93 329 SINCE JUL 1 2114 2364 -250 2580 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 6 7 8 MONTH TO DATE 19 39 -20 51 SINCE MAR 1 295 121 174 157 SINCE JAN 1 323 131 192 157 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 700 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 95 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 44 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2011...........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT MAY 9 2011...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$