599 CDUS41 KLWX 040524 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 123 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 81 512 PM 91 1965 72 9 81 MINIMUM 56 627 AM 36 1909 52 4 62 1879 AVERAGE 69 62 7 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.41 1936 0.12 -0.12 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 0.35 -0.18 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 3.11 6.89 -3.78 7.63 SINCE JAN 1 7.63 12.32 -4.69 12.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 14.5 -12.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 9 SINCE MAR 1 492 852 -360 828 SINCE JUL 1 3041 3960 -919 3946 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 2 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 12 4 8 8 SINCE MAR 1 62 30 32 52 SINCE JAN 1 62 30 32 52 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 54 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 93 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 39 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2012...........SUNRISE 606 AM EDT SUNSET 804 PM EDT MAY 5 2012...........SUNRISE 605 AM EDT SUNSET 805 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$