000 CDUS42 KILM 240936 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 436 AM EST THU MAR 24 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 71 451 PM 94 1907 68 3 50 MINIMUM 59 1139 PM 24 1888 45 14 28 AVERAGE 65 57 8 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 1.66 1989 0.13 0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.71 3.22 -1.51 1.06 SINCE MAR 1 1.71 3.22 -1.51 1.06 SINCE JAN 1 5.29 11.40 -6.11 8.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1968 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 0 9 -9 26 MONTH TO DATE 346 271 75 226 SINCE MAR 1 346 271 75 226 SINCE JUL 1 2249 2277 -28 2387 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 14 SINCE MAR 1 0 9 -9 14 SINCE JAN 1 4 13 -9 24 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 40 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 68 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 87 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 26 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2005.........SUNRISE 610 AM EST SUNSET 627 PM EST MARCH 25 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM EST SUNSET 627 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$