000 CDUS42 KILM 090940 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 440 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 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 59 1159 PM 82 1998 61 -2 75 MINIMUM 38 829 AM 17 1882 39 -1 51 AVERAGE 49 50 -1 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.32 1989 0.12 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.93 -0.77 T SINCE MAR 1 61.95 46.04 15.91 41.59 SINCE JAN 1 65.53 54.22 11.31 49.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1934 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 16 15 1 2 MONTH TO DATE 120 110 10 86 SINCE DEC 1 120 110 10 86 SINCE JUL 1 454 471 -17 427 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 3 SINCE DEC 1 0 4 -4 3 SINCE JAN 1 2133 2013 120 2135 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 59 500 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 78 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 17 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 9 2005......SUNRISE 706 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE 707 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$