000 CDUS43 KDTX 052128 CLIDTW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 427 PM EST THU NOV 5 2009 ................................... ...THE DETROIT MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 51 240 PM 74 1978 52 -1 71 MINIMUM 40 748 AM 17 1991 37 3 41 AVERAGE 46 45 1 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.37 1990 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.40 -0.40 0.52 SINCE SEP 1 4.69 5.90 -1.21 7.66 SINCE JAN 1 30.60 28.12 2.48 27.12 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 1.6 1966 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 19 21 -2 9 MONTH TO DATE 108 101 7 61 SINCE SEP 1 619 648 -29 536 SINCE JUL 1 638 660 -22 540 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 92 81 11 82 SINCE JAN 1 597 736 -139 787 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 AM LOWEST 50 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DETROIT MI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 75 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 18 1877 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 522 PM EST NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 521 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$