000 CDUS42 KILM 010932 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 432 AM EST WED MAR 1 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 68 414 PM 85 1899 62 6 53 1962 MINIMUM 42 524 AM 19 1934 40 2 42 AVERAGE 55 51 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.68 1966 0.13 -0.13 0.57 MONTH TO DATE 3.35 3.66 -0.31 2.26 SINCE MAR 1 71.17 57.07 14.10 46.86 SINCE JAN 1 5.23 8.18 -2.95 3.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1886 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 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 10 15 -5 17 MONTH TO DATE 511 495 16 464 SINCE DEC 1 1490 1645 -155 1562 SINCE JUL 1 1824 2006 -182 1903 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 8 -8 11 SINCE JAN 1 0 4 -4 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 42 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 1200 AM LOWEST 26 300 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 83 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 2002 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2006.........SUNRISE 641 AM EST SUNSET 608 PM EST MARCH 2 2006.........SUNRISE 639 AM EST SUNSET 609 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$