000 CDUS42 KILM 180936 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EST SUN DEC 18 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 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 49 231 PM 79 1924 59 -10 60 MINIMUM 32 442 AM 18 1955 37 -5 30 AVERAGE 41 48 -7 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.41 0.88 1887 0.12 0.29 T MONTH TO DATE 1.74 2.01 -0.27 0.25 SINCE MAR 1 63.53 47.12 16.41 41.84 SINCE JAN 1 67.11 55.30 11.81 49.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.4 1972 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 24 17 7 20 MONTH TO DATE 309 255 54 241 SINCE DEC 1 309 255 54 241 SINCE JUL 1 643 616 27 582 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 3 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 100 AM LOWEST 54 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 79 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 18 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 505 PM EST DECEMBER 19 2005......SUNRISE 713 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. $$