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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC                               
434 AM EDT MON OCT 3 2005

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...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    312 PM  93    1986  80      2       85       
  MINIMUM         65    536 AM  44    1876  60      5       68       
  AVERAGE         74                        70      4       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.16 1891   0.16  -0.16     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.32  -0.30     0.41    
  SINCE MAR 1     42.63                     38.96   3.67    37.18    
  SINCE JAN 1     46.21                     47.14  -0.93    44.64    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002  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      0.0                      MM     MM        0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         2     -2        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         6      3       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        12      6       22       
  SINCE SEP 1    411                       316     95      314       
  SINCE JAN 1   1966                      1907     59     2017       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  85 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        95      1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        39      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2005.......SUNRISE   708 AM EDT   SUNSET   653 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   709 AM EDT   SUNSET   651 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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