267 CDUS41 KLWX 080520 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 119 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 73 151 PM 95 1930 73 0 72 MINIMUM 57 457 AM 38 1970 54 3 51 AVERAGE 65 63 2 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.35 1886 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.29 0.83 -0.54 0.59 SINCE MAR 1 3.23 7.37 -4.14 8.19 SINCE JAN 1 7.75 12.80 -5.05 12.56 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 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 30 -30 37 SINCE MAR 1 492 868 -376 856 SINCE JUL 1 3041 3976 -935 3974 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 12 21 8 SINCE MAR 1 83 38 45 52 SINCE JAN 1 83 38 45 52 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 44 800 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 92 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 39 1974 1947 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2012...........SUNRISE 602 AM EDT SUNSET 808 PM EDT MAY 9 2012...........SUNRISE 601 AM EDT SUNSET 809 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$