044 CDUS44 KFWD 080700 CLIDFW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1259 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 138 PM 90 1911 66 4 66 MINIMUM 64 722 AM 20 1989 45 19 47 1943 1920 AVERAGE 67 55 12 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.12 1947 0.12 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.80 -0.79 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.80 -0.79 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 8.07 5.59 2.48 2.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1947 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.3 1.0 -0.7 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 10 -10 8 MONTH TO DATE 36 79 -43 63 SINCE MAR 1 36 79 -43 63 SINCE JUL 1 1697 2011 -314 1941 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 5 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 5 -3 0 SINCE JAN 1 10 12 -2 28 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 PM LOWEST 67 1200 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 94 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 22 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST MARCH 9 2012.........SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 632 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$