000 CDUS42 KILM 210938 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 437 AM EST MON MAR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 69 201 PM 84 1907 67 2 63 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 29 1923 45 6 38 AVERAGE 60 56 4 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 3.99 2001 0.14 0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 2.81 -1.80 1.06 SINCE MAR 1 1.01 2.81 -1.80 1.06 SINCE JAN 1 4.59 10.99 -6.40 8.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1971 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 5 10 -5 14 MONTH TO DATE 327 242 85 172 SINCE MAR 1 327 242 85 172 SINCE JUL 1 2230 2248 -18 2333 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 14 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 14 SINCE JAN 1 4 10 -6 24 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 37 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 88 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 27 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2005.........SUNRISE 614 AM EST SUNSET 624 PM EST MARCH 22 2005.........SUNRISE 612 AM EST SUNSET 625 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$