855 CDUS41 KLWX 090521 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1220 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 74 206 PM 85 2000 53 21 52 MINIMUM 53 505 AM 14 1986 35 18 32 1883 AVERAGE 64 44 20 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.97 1995 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.78 -0.23 1.41 SINCE MAR 1 0.55 0.78 -0.23 1.41 SINCE JAN 1 5.07 6.21 -1.14 5.78 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.8 1911 0.1 -0.1 MONTH TO DATE T 0.7 -0.7 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 13.9 -11.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 21 -20 23 MONTH TO DATE 118 175 -57 177 SINCE MAR 1 118 175 -57 177 SINCE JUL 1 2667 3283 -616 3295 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 400 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 80 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 16 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2012.........SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 610 PM EST MARCH 10 2012.........SUNRISE 626 AM EST SUNSET 611 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$