000 CDUS42 KILM 240933 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 58 1239 PM 80 1895 61 -3 67 1975 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 20 1963 39 8 46 AVERAGE 53 50 3 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.57 1.75 1992 0.13 0.44 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.03 3.01 -0.98 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 69.85 56.42 13.43 45.24 SINCE JAN 1 3.91 7.53 -3.62 1.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.0 1901 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 8 MONTH TO DATE 414 418 -4 356 SINCE DEC 1 1393 1568 -175 1454 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1929 -202 1795 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 4 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 66 500 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 81 1934 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 18 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 647 AM EST SUNSET 603 PM EST FEBRUARY 25 2006......SUNRISE 646 AM EST SUNSET 604 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$