348 CDUS41 KLWX 290520 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1220 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 56 426 PM 82 1948 51 5 72 MINIMUM 40 726 AM -1 1934 33 7 42 AVERAGE 48 42 6 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.13 1902 0.09 -0.09 0.66 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 2.62 -1.73 2.12 SINCE DEC 1 7.98 8.48 -0.50 6.15 SINCE JAN 1 3.08 5.43 -2.35 4.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.1 1964 0.1 -0.1 MONTH TO DATE 0.3 4.8 -4.5 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 13.2 -11.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 23 -6 8 MONTH TO DATE 578 727 -149 648 SINCE DEC 1 1937 2413 -476 2546 SINCE JUL 1 2532 3108 -576 3118 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 61 1200 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 77 1976 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 9 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE 641 AM EST SUNSET 600 PM EST MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 640 AM EST SUNSET 601 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$