000 CDUS42 KILM 010935 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 53 409 AM 85 1899 62 -9 59 1962 MINIMUM 42 1137 PM 19 1934 40 2 28 AVERAGE 48 51 -3 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.57 2.68 1966 0.13 0.44 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.26 3.66 -1.40 5.28 SINCE MAR 1 46.86 57.07 -10.21 65.38 SINCE JAN 1 3.58 8.18 -4.60 7.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1886 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 T SINCE MAR 1 T MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 15 2 21 MONTH TO DATE 464 495 -31 557 SINCE DEC 1 1562 1645 -83 1859 SINCE JUL 1 1903 2006 -103 2142 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE DEC 1 11 8 3 10 SINCE JAN 1 4 4 0 10 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 76 600 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 83 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 2002 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 640 AM EST SUNSET 608 PM EST MARCH 2 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM EST SUNSET 609 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$