000 CDUS42 KILM 030947 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 446 AM EST FRI MAR 3 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 77 157 PM 85 1976 63 14 50 MINIMUM 56 713 AM 16 1980 40 16 31 AVERAGE 67 52 15 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.38 1994 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.28 -0.28 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.28 -0.28 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 5.23 8.46 -3.23 3.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 1980 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 14 -14 24 MONTH TO DATE 0 29 -29 45 SINCE MAR 1 0 29 -29 45 SINCE JUL 1 1824 2035 -211 1948 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 0 2 0 SINCE JAN 1 2 4 -2 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 1000 PM LOWEST 44 1100 AM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 88 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 14 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2006.........SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 610 PM EST MARCH 4 2006.........SUNRISE 637 AM EST SUNSET 610 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$