000 CDUS42 KILM 280942 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 441 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 50 411 PM 82 1899 62 -12 53 1962 MINIMUM 24 611 AM 17 1963 40 -16 35 AVERAGE 37 51 -14 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.34 1899 0.13 -0.13 0.52 MONTH TO DATE 3.35 3.53 -0.18 1.69 SINCE MAR 1 71.17 56.94 14.23 46.29 SINCE JAN 1 5.23 8.05 -2.82 3.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.6 1963 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 28 15 13 21 MONTH TO DATE 501 480 21 447 SINCE DEC 1 1480 1630 -150 1545 SINCE JUL 1 1814 1991 -177 1886 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 7 -7 11 SINCE JAN 1 0 6 -6 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 1100 PM LOWEST 21 100 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 85 1899 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 19 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2006......SUNRISE 642 AM EST SUNSET 607 PM EST MARCH 1 2006.........SUNRISE 641 AM EST SUNSET 608 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$