000 CDUS42 KILM 160935 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 65 1159 PM 78 1971 60 5 40 MINIMUM 35 1249 AM 17 1962 38 -3 23 AVERAGE 50 49 1 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.92 1.70 1943 0.12 0.80 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.33 1.77 -0.44 0.25 SINCE MAR 1 63.12 46.88 16.24 41.84 SINCE JAN 1 66.70 55.06 11.64 49.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 6.0 1943 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 15 17 -2 33 MONTH TO DATE 270 221 49 191 SINCE DEC 1 270 221 49 191 SINCE JUL 1 604 582 22 532 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 7 SINCE DEC 1 0 4 -4 7 SINCE JAN 1 2133 2013 120 2139 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 80 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 12 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2005......SUNRISE 711 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST DECEMBER 17 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$