000 CDUS42 KILM 090943 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 443 AM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 58 1222 PM 89 1974 64 -6 66 MINIMUM 28 700 AM 24 1920 42 -14 37 AVERAGE 43 53 -10 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.42 1995 0.14 -0.14 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.23 1.12 -0.89 0.11 SINCE MAR 1 0.23 1.12 -0.89 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 5.46 9.30 -3.84 3.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1890 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 13 9 13 MONTH TO DATE 111 110 1 145 SINCE MAR 1 111 110 1 145 SINCE JUL 1 1935 2116 -181 2048 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 S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 82 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 300 AM LOWEST 24 1200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 22 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2006.........SUNRISE 630 AM EST SUNSET 615 PM EST MARCH 10 2006.........SUNRISE 629 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. $$