000 CDUS42 KILM 160841 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 440 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 83 259 PM 96 1962 80 3 82 MINIMUM 67 456 AM 45 1880 60 7 63 AVERAGE 75 70 5 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.38 1989 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.39 1.94 1.45 2.78 SINCE MAR 1 10.57 9.10 1.47 5.98 SINCE JAN 1 14.15 17.28 -3.13 13.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 553.0 MM MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 553.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 553.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 553.0 MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 34 10 24 15 SINCE MAR 1 568 463 105 426 SINCE JUL 1 2471 2469 2 2587 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 6 4 8 MONTH TO DATE 40 72 -32 96 SINCE MAR 1 83 154 -71 186 SINCE JAN 1 87 158 -71 196 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 94 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 43 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 808 PM EDT MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE 608 AM EDT SUNSET 808 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$