000 CDUS42 KILM 230934 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 434 AM EST THU FEB 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 68 1227 PM 78 2003 61 7 73 MINIMUM 37 1222 AM 21 1896 39 -2 47 AVERAGE 53 50 3 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.58 1.24 1878 0.13 0.45 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.46 2.88 -1.42 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 69.28 56.29 12.99 45.24 SINCE JAN 1 3.34 7.40 -4.06 1.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.0 1968 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 12 16 -4 5 MONTH TO DATE 402 402 0 348 SINCE DEC 1 1381 1552 -171 1446 SINCE JUL 1 1715 1913 -198 1787 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 600 PM LOWEST 67 1100 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 80 1895 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 20 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2006......SUNRISE 648 AM EST SUNSET 603 PM EST FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 647 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. $$