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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX                               
138 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2008


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...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2008


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79    409 PM  95    1972  78      1       89       
  MINIMUM         59   1152 PM  41    1976  56      3       67       
  AVERAGE         69                        67      2       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.79 1915   0.14  -0.14      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    2.27                      2.27   0.00     2.83    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.11                      4.69  -1.58     7.82    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.28                     27.75  -5.47    45.79    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         8     -8        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         8     -8        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         3      1       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  149                        89     60      225       
  SINCE SEP 1    559                       465     94      731       
  SINCE JAN 1   3238                      2522    716     2989       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  75 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        93      2005                    
                                             2004                    
                                             1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        38      1948                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2008.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2008.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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