000 CDUS42 KILM 220934 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 434 AM EST WED FEB 22 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 57 438 PM 77 1886 60 -3 66 MINIMUM 38 1145 PM 12 1896 38 0 50 AVERAGE 48 49 -1 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 3.23 1888 0.13 -0.08 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 2.75 -1.87 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 68.70 56.16 12.54 45.24 SINCE JAN 1 2.76 7.27 -4.51 1.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.5 1936 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 390 386 4 343 SINCE DEC 1 1369 1536 -167 1441 SINCE JUL 1 1703 1897 -194 1782 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 4 -4 11 SINCE JAN 1 0 3 -3 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 7 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 66 400 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 78 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 21 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2006......SUNRISE 649 AM EST SUNSET 602 PM EST FEBRUARY 23 2006......SUNRISE 648 AM EST SUNSET 603 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$