000 CDUS42 KILM 030957 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 450 AM EST THU MAR 3 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 50 418 PM 85 1976 63 -13 77 MINIMUM 31 704 AM 16 1980 40 -9 54 AVERAGE 41 52 -11 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.38 1994 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.28 -0.28 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.28 -0.28 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 3.58 8.46 -4.88 7.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 1980 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 14 10 0 MONTH TO DATE 45 29 16 10 SINCE MAR 1 45 29 16 10 SINCE JUL 1 1948 2035 -87 2171 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 1 SINCE JAN 1 4 4 0 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 58 700 AM LOWEST 23 400 PM AVERAGE 41 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 88 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 14 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 610 PM EST MARCH 4 2005.........SUNRISE 637 AM EST SUNSET 611 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$