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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC                               
722 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2004

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...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 7 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         65    453 AM  75    1989  58      7       45       
  MINIMUM         41   1159 PM  18    1978  36      5       38       
  AVERAGE         53                        47      6       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.38 2002   0.13  -0.13     0.47    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.93  -0.62     0.83    
  SINCE MAR 1     60.41                     54.34   6.07    48.07    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.49                      5.45  -2.96     2.52    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  1895  MM     MM        0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                      MM     MM        0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      T                        MM     MM        3.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                        MM     MM        3.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        19     -7       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  130                       136     -6      122       
  SINCE DEC 1   1432                      1286    146     1449       
  SINCE JUL 1   1715                      1647     68     1864       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1     10                         4      6        0       
  SINCE JAN 1     10                         3      7        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          0200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43          0500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        77      1932                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        10      1895                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  8 2004......SUNRISE   704 AM EST   SUNSET   548 PM EST   
FEBRUARY  9 2004......SUNRISE   703 AM EST   SUNSET   549 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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