000 CDUS42 KILM 240841 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 440 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 86 347 PM 96 1975 82 4 86 MINIMUM 65 1230 AM 45 2002 62 3 72 AVERAGE 76 72 4 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.34 2.84 2003 0.15 0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.26 3.13 2.13 3.04 SINCE MAR 1 12.44 10.29 2.15 6.24 SINCE JAN 1 16.02 18.47 -2.45 13.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 MM MM 0.0 2001 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 37 10 27 15 SINCE MAR 1 571 463 108 426 SINCE JUL 1 2474 2469 5 2587 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 7 4 14 MONTH TO DATE 63 124 -61 181 SINCE MAR 1 106 206 -100 271 SINCE JAN 1 110 210 -100 281 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 73 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 800 PM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 94 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 48 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 604 AM EDT SUNSET 813 PM EDT MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE 603 AM EDT SUNSET 814 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$