000 CDUS42 KILM 280948 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 446 AM EST MON FEB 28 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 53 158 PM 82 1899 62 -9 40 1962 MINIMUM 35 111 AM 17 1963 40 -5 35 AVERAGE 44 51 -7 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.52 1.34 1899 0.13 0.39 0.90 MONTH TO DATE 1.69 3.53 -1.84 5.28 SINCE MAR 1 46.29 56.94 -10.65 65.38 SINCE JAN 1 3.01 8.05 -5.04 7.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.6 1963 MM MM T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM T SINCE MAR 1 T MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 15 6 27 MONTH TO DATE 447 480 -33 536 SINCE DEC 1 1545 1630 -85 1838 SINCE JUL 1 1886 1991 -105 2121 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE DEC 1 11 7 4 10 SINCE JAN 1 4 6 -2 10 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 29 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1100 PM LOWEST 39 1100 AM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 85 1899 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 19 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 642 AM EST SUNSET 607 PM EST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 640 AM EST SUNSET 608 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$