000 CDUS42 KILM 220936 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 434 AM EST TUE FEB 22 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 66 241 PM 77 1886 60 6 74 MINIMUM 50 1222 AM 12 1896 38 12 42 AVERAGE 58 49 9 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 3.23 1888 0.13 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.64 2.75 -2.11 2.86 SINCE MAR 1 45.24 56.16 -10.92 62.96 SINCE JAN 1 1.96 7.27 -5.31 5.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.5 1936 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 17 -10 7 MONTH TO DATE 343 386 -43 412 SINCE DEC 1 1441 1536 -95 1714 SINCE JUL 1 1782 1897 -115 1997 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 11 4 7 10 SINCE JAN 1 4 3 1 10 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 17 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 63 100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 78 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 21 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2005......SUNRISE 649 AM EST SUNSET 602 PM EST FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM EST SUNSET 603 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$