654 CDUS44 KFWD 240643 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 141 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 87 525 PM 96 1996 85 2 92 1962 MINIMUM 69 1114 AM 50 1917 65 4 76 AVERAGE 78 75 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.89 3.91 1908 0.17 0.72 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.73 3.86 2.87 0.86 SINCE MAR 1 9.26 10.12 -0.86 6.46 SINCE JAN 1 11.78 14.39 -2.61 12.05 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 38 13 25 3 SINCE MAR 1 242 335 -93 332 SINCE JUL 1 2120 2370 -250 2583 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 10 3 19 MONTH TO DATE 156 173 -17 229 SINCE MAR 1 432 255 177 335 SINCE JAN 1 460 265 195 335 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAIL FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 53 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 96 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 54 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2011...........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT MAY 25 2011...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$