000 CDUS42 KILM 010934 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 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 66 152 PM 79 1973 57 9 70 MINIMUM 39 1209 AM 6 1917 36 3 38 AVERAGE 53 47 6 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.14 1972 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.15 3.78 0.37 1.69 SINCE MAR 1 65.94 48.89 17.05 43.28 SINCE JAN 1 69.52 57.07 12.45 50.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 20 -8 11 MONTH TO DATE 581 519 62 555 SINCE DEC 1 581 519 62 555 SINCE JUL 1 915 880 35 896 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 (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 25 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 PM LOWEST 62 1000 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 81 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 11 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 1 2006.......SUNRISE 718 AM EST SUNSET 513 PM EST JANUARY 2 2006.......SUNRISE 718 AM EST SUNSET 514 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$