000 CDUS41 KAKQ 050635 CLIWAL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 133 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2005 ................................... ...THE WALLOPS ISLAND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1963 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 338 PM 77 1974 51 -8 74 MINIMUM 22 653 AM 14 1996 34 -12 45 AVERAGE 33 43 -10 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.66 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.52 -0.51 0.06 SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.52 -0.51 0.06 SINCE JAN 1 6.21 6.75 -0.54 4.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE SEP 1 10.8 SINCE JUL 1 10.8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 22 10 5 MONTH TO DATE 122 92 30 35 SINCE MAR 1 122 92 30 35 SINCE JUL 1 3076 3323 -247 3177 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1000 PM LOWEST 29 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE WALLOPS ISLAND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 80 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 18 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2005.........SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 600 PM EST MARCH 6 2005.........SUNRISE 626 AM EST SUNSET 601 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$