859 CDUS41 KLWX 070548 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1247 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 49 406 PM 81 1961 52 -3 58 MINIMUM 29 604 AM 10 1888 35 -6 33 AVERAGE 39 44 -5 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.52 1932 0.10 -0.10 1.39 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.57 -0.02 1.39 SINCE MAR 1 0.55 0.57 -0.02 1.39 SINCE JAN 1 5.07 6.00 -0.93 5.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 1923 0.1 -0.1 MONTH TO DATE T 0.5 -0.5 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 13.7 -11.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 21 5 19 MONTH TO DATE 106 133 -27 130 SINCE MAR 1 106 133 -27 130 SINCE JUL 1 2655 3241 -586 3248 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 1100 PM LOWEST 31 300 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 77 1961 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 13 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 631 AM EST SUNSET 608 PM EST MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 629 AM EST SUNSET 609 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$