CXUS54 KFWD 031736 COR
CLMFTW

DALLAS/FT WORTH MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2000
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
304 AM CST SAT APR 01 2000 

                     TEMPERATURE DATA
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.....  71.4   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL +3.6 
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE.....  50.5   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL +4.9 
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE..  61.0   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL +4.3 
HIGHEST......................   85 ON THE 25TH 
LOWEST.......................   37 ON THE 11TH & 12TH. 

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH-
MAX 32 DEGREES OR BELOW           0
MAX 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE           0
MIN 32 DEGREES OR BELOW           0
MIN  0 DEGREES OR BELOW           0

HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASED ON 65 DEGREES)
TOTAL THIS MONTH                168
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL          -118
SEASONAL TOTAL                 1436
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL          -896

COOLING DEGREE DAYS   (BASED ON 65 DEGREES)
TOTAL THIS MONTH                  49
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL            +20
SEASONAL TOTAL                    79 
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL            +45

                     PRECIPITATION DATA
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......  2.92 INCHES  ... +0.15
TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......  7.81 INCHES  ... +1.03
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.....  1.23 INCHES ON THE 28TH  

SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS           INCHES      DATE
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH                
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS              
GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND         

                     PRESSURE DATA

HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE   30.09 INCHES ON THE 31ST. 
LOWEST  SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE   29.55 INCHES ON THE 29TH.  
 
                     WEATHER
NUMBER OF DAYS -
WITH 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP   12
WITH 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP    6
WITH 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP    2
WITH 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP    1

                          ...RECORDS...

THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET DURING THE
MONTH.

REMARKS: THE PEAK WIND FOR THE MONTH WAS 74 (MPH)...FROM THE WEST...
ON THE 10TH...AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDER
WAS REPORTED ON THE 2ND, 7TH, 8TH, 10TH, 21ST, 25TH, 26TH, & THE 28TH.

**(A TORNADO STRUCK DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH BETWEEN 6:20 AND 6:25 PM 
CST. A SECOND TORNADO STRUCK ARLINGTON BETWEEN 7:05 AND 7:15  PM CST 
AND WENT THROUGH GRAND PRAIRIE AROUND 7:20 PM.)  NO TORNADOES WERE 
REPORTED AT THE DFW AIRPORT.

LIVINGSTON/WSFO FTW