777 CDUS44 KAMA 160639 CLIAMA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 138 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ................................... ...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 63 313 PM 93 1963 71 -8 64 MINIMUM 44 651 AM 25 1983 41 3 38 AVERAGE 54 56 -2 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.46 2010 0.04 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 0.63 0.38 T SINCE MAR 1 2.17 2.02 0.15 0.06 SINCE JAN 1 2.85 3.30 -0.45 0.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.6 1945 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 T SINCE MAR 1 0.2 3.4 -3.2 T SINCE JUL 1 12.5 17.4 -4.9 14.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 14 MONTH TO DATE 75 170 -95 75 SINCE MAR 1 367 702 -335 508 SINCE JUL 1 3446 3979 -533 3625 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 1 16 8 SINCE MAR 1 51 3 48 17 SINCE JAN 1 51 3 48 17 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 15 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE SANDSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 1000 PM LOWEST 21 1100 AM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 29 1974 1951 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2012.........SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT APRIL 17 2012.........SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$