000 CDUS42 KILM 270933 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EST MON FEB 27 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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 50 538 AM 83 1912 62 -12 56 1977 MINIMUM 27 1115 PM 19 1967 39 -12 28 AVERAGE 39 51 -12 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.65 1.54 1958 0.13 0.52 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.35 3.40 -0.05 1.17 SINCE MAR 1 71.17 56.81 14.36 45.77 SINCE JAN 1 5.23 7.92 -2.69 2.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.2 1970 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 26 15 11 23 MONTH TO DATE 473 465 8 426 SINCE DEC 1 1452 1615 -163 1524 SINCE JUL 1 1786 1976 -190 1865 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 6 -6 11 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 68 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 AM LOWEST 29 500 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 82 1899 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 17 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2006......SUNRISE 643 AM EST SUNSET 606 PM EST FEBRUARY 28 2006......SUNRISE 642 AM EST SUNSET 607 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$