000 CDUS42 KILM 040840 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 436 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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 84 1252 PM 95 1986 79 5 83 MINIMUM 65 532 AM 39 1974 60 5 65 AVERAGE 75 69 6 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.68 1896 0.15 -0.15 0.23 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.47 -0.47 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 42.61 39.09 3.52 37.41 SINCE JAN 1 46.21 47.27 -1.06 44.87 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 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 5 5 9 MONTH TO DATE 28 17 11 31 SINCE SEP 1 421 321 100 323 SINCE JAN 1 1976 1912 64 2026 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 61 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 63 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 94 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 36 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM EDT SUNSET 651 PM EDT OCTOBER 5 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM EDT SUNSET 650 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$