000 CDUS42 KILM 300938 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 437 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2005 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 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 61 244 PM 80 1984 57 4 62 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 12 1917 36 10 27 AVERAGE 54 47 7 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.56 2.98 1877 0.13 0.43 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.15 3.51 0.64 1.69 SINCE MAR 1 65.94 48.62 17.32 43.28 SINCE JAN 1 69.52 56.80 12.72 50.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 4.0 1970 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 20 -9 20 MONTH TO DATE 551 479 72 527 SINCE DEC 1 551 479 72 527 SINCE JUL 1 885 840 45 868 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 W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 35 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 60 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 81 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 6 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 30 2005......SUNRISE 717 AM EST SUNSET 511 PM EST DECEMBER 31 2005......SUNRISE 718 AM EST SUNSET 512 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$