222 CDUS41 KLWX 010522 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1221 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 1051 PM 77 1976 51 5 72 1972 MINIMUM 40 609 AM 9 1884 34 6 42 AVERAGE 48 42 6 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.44 1.61 1892 0.09 1.35 0.66 MONTH TO DATE 2.33 2.62 -0.29 2.12 SINCE DEC 1 9.42 8.48 0.94 6.15 SINCE JAN 1 4.52 5.43 -0.91 4.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1968 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 595 750 -155 648 SINCE DEC 1 1954 2436 -482 2546 SINCE JUL 1 2549 3131 -582 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1100 AM LOWEST 49 1200 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 80 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 13 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 640 AM EST SUNSET 601 PM EST MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 602 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$