876 CDUS41 KLWX 060522 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1222 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 50 236 PM 71 1997 43 7 43 MINIMUM 30 119 AM -3 1877 29 1 31 AVERAGE 40 36 4 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.44 1949 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.43 -0.43 0.07 SINCE DEC 1 4.90 3.48 1.42 1.85 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.43 -0.43 0.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.8 1980 0.1 -0.1 MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 SINCE JUL 1 T 3.4 -3.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 29 -4 28 MONTH TO DATE 141 145 -4 126 SINCE DEC 1 754 931 -177 1059 SINCE JUL 1 1349 1626 -277 1631 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 500 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 73 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 2 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 6 2012.......SUNRISE 727 AM EST SUNSET 501 PM EST JANUARY 7 2012.......SUNRISE 727 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$