000 CDUS42 KILM 170945 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 445 AM EST SAT DEC 17 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 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 1210 AM 80 1971 59 6 50 MINIMUM 35 1042 PM 12 1943 38 -3 19 AVERAGE 50 49 1 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.22 1970 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.33 1.89 -0.56 0.25 SINCE MAR 1 63.12 47.00 16.12 41.84 SINCE JAN 1 66.70 55.18 11.52 49.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1988 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 30 MONTH TO DATE 285 238 47 221 SINCE DEC 1 285 238 47 221 SINCE JUL 1 619 599 20 562 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 93 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 900 PM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 79 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 18 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST DECEMBER 18 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 505 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$