215 CDUS41 KLWX 080521 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1220 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 67 431 PM 77 1961 53 14 48 MINIMUM 40 656 AM 13 1890 35 5 33 AVERAGE 54 44 10 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.32 1880 0.10 -0.10 0.02 1875 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.67 -0.12 1.41 SINCE MAR 1 0.55 0.67 -0.12 1.41 SINCE JAN 1 5.07 6.10 -1.03 5.78 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1941 0.1 -0.1 MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 13.8 -11.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 21 -10 24 MONTH TO DATE 117 154 -37 154 SINCE MAR 1 117 154 -37 154 SINCE JUL 1 2666 3262 -596 3272 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 600 AM LOWEST 35 1200 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 85 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 14 1986 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 629 AM EST SUNSET 609 PM EST MARCH 9 2012.........SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 610 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$