000 CDUS42 KGSP 150632 CLICLT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 134 AM EST TUE MAR 15 2005 ................................... ...THE CHARLOTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1879 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 52 421 PM 82 1967 63 -11 68 MINIMUM 38 1141 PM 16 1926 41 -3 40 AVERAGE 45 52 -7 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 1.74 1897 0.15 0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.05 -1.18 0.06 SINCE MAR 1 0.87 2.05 -1.18 0.06 SINCE JAN 1 5.48 9.60 -4.12 4.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.3 1924 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.8 6.9 -6.1 14.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 13 7 11 MONTH TO DATE 277 212 65 152 SINCE MAR 1 277 212 65 152 SINCE JUL 1 2629 2757 -128 2871 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 7 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 7 SINCE JAN 1 2 1 1 8 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 66 400 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE CHARLOTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 86 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 16 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2005.........SUNRISE 634 AM EST SUNSET 631 PM EST MARCH 16 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM EST SUNSET 632 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$