000 CDUS42 KILM 091013 CLIFLO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 512 AM EST WED MAR 9 2005 ................................... ...THE FLORENCE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 2005... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 AM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 62 MM 90 1974 65 -3 61 MINIMUM 49 MM 26 1960 43 6 40 AVERAGE 56 54 2 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.57 1.39 1998 0.13 0.44 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.57 1.01 -0.44 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.57 1.01 -0.44 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 5.52 8.12 -2.60 4.66 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE MAR 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 9 12 -3 14 MONTH TO DATE 137 106 31 25 SINCE MAR 1 137 106 31 25 SINCE JUL 1 2064 2257 -193 2279 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 13 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 13 SINCE JAN 1 6 19 -13 19 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 58 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 26 400 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE FLORENCE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 92 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 19 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 621 PM EST MARCH 9 2005.........SUNRISE 637 AM EST SUNSET 622 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$