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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
725 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013
...DALLAS/FORT WORTH CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR FEBRUARY 2013...
AT DFW AIRPORT...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS MORE
THAN 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. COMBINED WITH DECEMBER AND JANUARY...
WHICH WERE ALSO WELL ABOVE NORMAL...THE WINTER SEASON RANKS AS THE
11TH WARMEST ON RECORD.
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DALLAS/FORT WORTH - WINTER STATISTICS (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY)
2012-2013 NORMAL DEPARTURE
MEAN TEMPERATURE 50.7 47.6 +3.1
AVERAGE HIGH 61.4 57.9 +3.5
AVERAGE LOW 40.0 37.3 +2.7
PRECIPITATION 7.69 7.34 +0.35
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DALLAS/FORT WORTH - WARMEST WINTERS
1 53.1 1999-2000
2 52.9 1906-1907
3 52.8 1951-1952
4 51.9 1931-1932
5 51.8 1922-1923
6 51.6 1910-1911
7 51.2 1908-1909
8 50.9 2005-2006
9 50.8 2008-2009
50.8 1933-1934
11 50.7 2012-2013*
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DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 10...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ROLLED THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. GOLFBALL HAIL FELL IN CARBON IN EASTLAND
COUNTY...AND STRONG WINDS IMPACTED MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS. NOLAN HIGH SCHOOL IN FORT WORTH MEASURED A WIND
GUST OF 66 MPH. THE PEAK WIND AT DFW AIRPORT WAS 49 MPH.
MULTIPLE PRECIPITATION EVENTS OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
HOWEVER...MONTHLY TOTALS WERE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN JANUARY. WITH
FEW EXCEPTIONS...NORTH TEXAS SAW LESS THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION
DURING FEBRUARY. BUT FOR MOST LOCATIONS...YEAR-TO-DATE TOTALS REMAIN
ABOVE NORMAL.
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AIRPORT SITES FEBRUARY JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013
2013 DEPARTURE TOTAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
DFW AIRPORT 1.68 -0.98 5.74 +0.95 120
WACO 2.10 -0.53 7.15 +2.40 151
DALLAS LOVE FIELD 1.86 -0.73 5.13 +0.48 110
FORT WORTH MEACHAM 1.57 -1.08 5.12 +0.73 117
DALLAS EXECUTIVE 1.28 -1.53 4.85 -0.55 90
FORT WORTH ALLIANCE 1.39 -1.25 4.80 +0.31 107
ARLINGTON 1.55 -1.13 5.06 +0.33 107
DENTON 2.02 -0.82 6.13 +1.37 129
MCKINNEY 1.61 -1.34 6.36 +0.87 116
TERRELL 1.73 -1.44 4.58 -1.36 77
CORSICANA 0.98 -2.40 5.14 -1.02 83
MINERAL WELLS 1.24 -0.90 4.22 +0.63 118
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COOPERATIVE SITES FEBRUARY JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013
2013 DEPARTURE TOTAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
ALVORD 2.09 -0.54 4.06 -0.09 98
AQUILLA 1.31 -1.28 6.18 +1.54 133
ARLINGTON 2.03 -0.88 6.65 +1.33 125
ATHENS 1.31 -2.56 6.37 -0.48 93
BARDWELL 1.17 -1.79 6.33 +0.65 111
BENBROOK 1.41 -1.01 4.41 +0.09 102
BONHAM 1.92 -1.68 5.95 -0.34 95
BONITA 2.21 -0.05 3.78 -0.04 99
BRIDGEPORT 1.32 -1.06 3.96 +0.03 101
BURLESON 1.73 -0.91 5.30 +0.59 113
CENTERVILLE 1.73 -1.72 7.29 +0.68 110
COOPER 2.80 -0.81 5.72 -0.89 87
CORSICANA 1.89 -1.50 7.70 +1.67 128
CRANFILLS GAP 1.11 -1.37 5.28 +1.05 125
CRAWFORD 1.39 -1.04 5.82 +1.54 136
CRESSON 1.40 -1.16 5.74 +1.39 132
DECATUR 2.16 -0.42 5.48 +1.16 127
DENTON 2.66 -0.15 6.59 +1.72 135
FORESTBURG 1.91 -0.53 3.64 -0.34 91
FORT WORTH NWS 1.72 -1.09 5.45 +0.80 117
FRISCO 1.62 -1.46 5.10 -0.43 92
GAINESVILLE 2.58 -0.12 5.29 +0.63 114
GOLDTHWAITE 0.97 -1.37 3.59 -0.18 95
GRAHAM 0.69 -1.18 1.94 -1.16 63
GRAPEVINE 1.86 -0.93 7.20 +2.17 143
COOPERATIVE SITES FEBRUARY JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013
2013 DEPARTURE TOTAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
GREENVILLE 1.62 -1.82 5.86 -0.33 95
HAMILTON 0.89 -1.57 4.50 +0.27 106
HILLSBORO 1.13 -1.79 6.44 +1.13 121
JOE POOL LAKE 1.72 -1.26 5.26 -0.04 99
LAKE TAWAKONI 2.08 -1.43 6.34 -0.32 95
LAVON DAM 1.50 -1.47 5.66 +0.24 104
LEWISVILLE DAM 1.12 -1.44 5.18 +0.34 107
MAYPEARL 1.56 -1.73 5.10 -0.69 88
MIDLOTHIAN 1.68 -0.98 4.36 -0.85 84
MORGAN 1.15 -1.96 5.63 +0.14 103
MUENSTER 2.50 -0.13 4.30 -0.07 98
NAVARRO MILLS 2.26 -0.78 7.96 +2.44 144
PARIS 2.46 -0.82 5.93 -0.05 99
PROCTOR DAM 1.09 -1.14 4.70 +1.09 130
ROANOKE 1.36 -1.41 4.96 +0.12 102
ROSSER 1.70 -1.29 5.24 -0.64 89
SHERMAN 2.27 -0.67 3.97 -1.44 73
STEPHENVILLE 1.04 -1.21 4.71 +1.01 127
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW 1.43 -1.16 6.38 +1.66 135
SULPHUR SPRINGS 2.34 -1.32 6.26 -0.47 93
TERRELL 1.71 -1.51 5.20 -0.45 92
THORNTON 3.48 +0.65 8.62 +3.03 154
WACO DAM 1.91 -0.97 6.82 +1.68 133
WEATHERFORD 1.62 -1.20 5.39 +1.00 123
WHITNEY DAM 0.89 -1.53 6.11 +1.53 133
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