520 CDUS41 KLWX 160524 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 124 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 79 523 PM 94 1962 75 4 75 1900 MINIMUM 67 1128 PM 40 1939 56 11 62 AVERAGE 73 66 7 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.22 1.28 1949 0.14 1.08 T MONTH TO DATE 2.36 1.87 0.49 1.07 SINCE MAR 1 5.30 8.41 -3.11 8.67 SINCE JAN 1 9.82 13.84 -4.02 13.04 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 54 -50 47 SINCE MAR 1 496 892 -396 866 SINCE JUL 1 3045 4000 -955 3984 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 3 5 4 MONTH TO DATE 55 32 23 15 SINCE MAR 1 105 58 47 59 SINCE JAN 1 105 58 47 59 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 62 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 93 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2012...........SUNRISE 554 AM EDT SUNSET 815 PM EDT MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 554 AM EDT SUNSET 816 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$