000 CDUS42 KILM 080937 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 437 AM EST WED MAR 8 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 56 410 PM 87 1974 64 -8 70 MINIMUM 32 1159 PM 20 1960 42 -10 42 AVERAGE 44 53 -9 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.16 1.80 1944 0.14 0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.23 0.98 -0.75 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.23 0.98 -0.75 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 5.46 9.16 -3.70 3.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1962 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 21 13 8 9 MONTH TO DATE 89 97 -8 132 SINCE MAR 1 89 97 -8 132 SINCE JUL 1 1913 2103 -190 2035 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 74 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 100 AM LOWEST 24 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 24 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2006.........SUNRISE 632 AM EST SUNSET 614 PM EST MARCH 9 2006.........SUNRISE 630 AM EST SUNSET 615 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$