000 CDUS42 KILM 110934 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 432 AM EST SAT MAR 11 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10 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 76 213 PM 88 1974 65 11 56 MINIMUM 63 1158 PM 21 1932 42 21 33 AVERAGE 70 54 16 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.12 1936 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.23 1.40 -1.17 0.11 SINCE MAR 1 0.23 1.40 -1.17 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 5.46 9.58 -4.12 3.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 12 -12 20 MONTH TO DATE 118 134 -16 194 SINCE MAR 1 118 134 -16 194 SINCE JUL 1 1942 2140 -198 2097 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 0 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 0 7 0 SINCE MAR 1 7 0 7 0 SINCE JAN 1 7 4 3 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 9 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1879 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 27 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 11 2006.........SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 616 PM EST MARCH 12 2006.........SUNRISE 626 AM EST SUNSET 617 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$