000 CDUS42 KILM 050941 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 439 AM EST SUN MAR 5 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 55 444 PM 84 1976 64 -9 55 MINIMUM 31 707 AM 9 1980 41 -10 25 AVERAGE 43 52 -9 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.33 1977 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.56 -0.56 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.56 -0.56 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 5.23 8.74 -3.51 3.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1931 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 22 14 8 25 MONTH TO DATE 34 57 -23 94 SINCE MAR 1 34 57 -23 94 SINCE JUL 1 1858 2063 -205 1997 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 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 64 900 PM LOWEST 19 300 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 84 1961 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1873 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2006.........SUNRISE 636 AM EST SUNSET 611 PM EST MARCH 6 2006.........SUNRISE 634 AM EST SUNSET 612 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$