000 CDUS44 KMEG 050632 CLIMEM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 132 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2008 ................................... ...THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 4 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 208 PM 102 2000 88 -9 86 1954 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 50 1952 68 1 75 AVERAGE 74 78 -4 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.48 3.56 1976 0.11 0.37 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.39 0.43 0.96 0.05 SINCE SEP 1 1.39 0.43 0.96 0.05 SINCE JAN 1 47.76 37.02 10.74 21.26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 13 -4 16 MONTH TO DATE 58 54 4 77 SINCE SEP 1 58 54 4 77 SINCE JAN 1 1887 1838 49 2339 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 67 200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 103 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 53 1997 1953 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 5 2008.....SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 6 2008.....SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 719 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$