CXUS54 KFWD 010641
CLMFTW

DALLAS/FT WORTH MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2000
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 
141 AM CDT FRI SEP 01 2000 

                     TEMPERATURE DATA
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE..... 101.9   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL +5.7  
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE.....  78.5   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL +4.9 
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE..  90.2   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL +5.3  
HIGHEST...................... 108 ON THE 31ST.  
LOWEST.......................  73 ON THE  1ST & 11TH.  

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH-
MAX 32 DEGREES OR BELOW           0
MAX 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE          31 
MIN 32 DEGREES OR BELOW           0
MIN  0 DEGREES OR BELOW           0

HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASED ON 65 DEGREES) 
TOTAL THIS MONTH                  0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL             0 
SEASONAL TOTAL                    0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL             0

COOLING DEGREE DAYS   (BASED ON 65 DEGREES) 
TOTAL THIS MONTH                 787
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL           +170 
SEASONAL TOTAL                  2496 
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL           +400

                     PRECIPITATION DATA
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......  0.00 INCHES  ... -2.21
TOTAL FOR THE YEAR....... 21.19 INCHES  ... -1.47
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.....  0.00 INCHES      

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

                     PRESSURE DATA

HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE   30.16 INCHES ON THE 23RD. 
LOWEST  SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE   29.79 INCHES ON THE 31ST.   
 
                     WEATHER
NUMBER OF DAYS -
WITH 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP    0
WITH 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP    0
WITH 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP    0
WITH 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP    0

                     ...RECORDS...TEMPERATURES...

A NEW RECORD HIGHEST LOW...82 DEGREES...WAS SET ON THE 7TH...OLD RECORD 
... 81 DEGREES ...SET IN 1951 AND TIED IN 1999.   

THE RECORD HIGHEST LOW...80 DEGREES...WAS TIED ON THE 15TH...OLD RECORD 
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1954 AND TIED IN 1993.  

A NEW RECORD HIGHEST LOW...83 DEGREES...WAS SET ON THE 18TH...OLD RECORD
....81 DEGREES...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1952 AND TIED IN 1956.

THE RECORD HIGHEST LOW...80 DEGREES...WAS TIED ON THE 28TH...OLD RECORD
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1943 AND TIED IN 1984.

THE RECORD HIGH...106 DEGREES...WAS TIED ON THE 30TH...OLD RECORD 
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1954.

A NEW RECORD HIGH WAS SET ON THE 31ST...108 DEGREES...OLD RECORD... 106
DEGREES ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1990.

THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE OF 90.2 DEGREES IS THE 3RD WARMEST AUGUST
ON RECORD.  THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH OF 101.9 DEGREES IS THE 3RD WARMEST
ON RECORD...AND THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW OF 78.5 DEGREES IS ALSO THE 3RD
WARMEST ON RECORD.

THERE WERE 27 "TRIPLE DIGIT" DAYS DURING THE MONTH...WHICH TIES AUGUST
OF 1952 FOR THE MOST "100" DEGREE OR HIGHER DAYS IN A MONTH.

THERE HAVE BEEN 39 DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES 
OR HIGHER.  THIS CURRENTLY RANKS 7TH IN THE RECORD BOOK.  THE LONGEST 
CONSECUTIVE STRING OF "TRIPLE DIGIT" DAYS SO FAR THIS SUMMER IS TEN (10) .

                     ...RECORDS...PRECIPITATION...

THIS IS THE FIRST AUGUST SINCE RECORDS WERE KEPT (1898) WITH NO 
MEASURABLE RAINFALL.  THERE HAVE BEEN 6 OTHER YEARS IN  WHICH ONLY A 
"TRACE" WAS RECORDED.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECORDED IN 
2 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS...JULY = TRACE,  AUGUST = 0.

AUGUST 31ST WAS THE 62ND CONSECUTIVE DAY WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL...
AND EACH ADDITIONAL DAY ADDS TO THE CURRENT RECORD STRING.

AUGUST 2000 RAINFALL OF 0.00 INCHES...TIES NOV 1903 AND JULY 1993 AS THE
DRIEST MONTHS ON RECORD.

REMARKS: THE PEAK WIND FOR THE MONTH WAS 31 (MPH)...FROM THE SOUTH...
...ON THE 3RD...AND WAS CAUSED BY A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT FORMED
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH STALLED IN OKLAHOMA. THUNDER WAS NOT
RECORDED DURING THE MONTH AT THE DFW AIRPORT. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF
0.00 RAINFALL HAS NOW DROPPED THE YEARLY EXCESS TO A NEGATIVE 1.47 
INCHES FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.   

LIVINGSTON/WSFO FTW