000 CDUS42 KILM 120948 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 446 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 62 1134 AM 82 1879 65 -3 62 MINIMUM 43 1202 AM 27 1960 43 0 33 AVERAGE 53 54 -1 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.84 1962 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.11 1.55 -1.44 0.25 SINCE MAR 1 0.11 1.55 -1.44 0.25 SINCE JAN 1 3.69 9.73 -6.04 7.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.4 1960 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 12 12 0 17 MONTH TO DATE 200 146 54 86 SINCE MAR 1 200 146 54 86 SINCE JUL 1 2103 2152 -49 2247 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 14 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 14 SINCE JAN 1 4 4 0 24 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 41 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 36 1200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 87 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 25 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2005.........SUNRISE 626 AM EST SUNSET 617 PM EST MARCH 13 2005.........SUNRISE 625 AM EST SUNSET 618 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$