000 CDUS42 KILM 070934 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EST TUE MAR 7 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 60 348 PM 84 1976 64 -4 61 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 21 1960 41 3 30 AVERAGE 52 53 -1 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 1.92 1959 0.14 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.07 0.84 -0.77 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.07 0.84 -0.77 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 5.30 9.02 -3.72 3.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1965 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 13 13 0 19 MONTH TO DATE 68 84 -16 123 SINCE MAR 1 68 84 -16 123 SINCE JUL 1 1892 2090 -198 2026 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 20 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 900 PM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 87 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 20 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2006.........SUNRISE 633 AM EST SUNSET 613 PM EST MARCH 8 2006.........SUNRISE 632 AM EST SUNSET 614 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$