000 CDUS42 KILM 130934 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 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 81 1255 PM 87 1990 65 16 72 MINIMUM 60 652 AM 25 1916 43 17 36 AVERAGE 71 54 17 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 1944 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.23 1.69 -1.46 0.11 SINCE MAR 1 0.23 1.69 -1.46 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 5.46 9.87 -4.41 3.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1960 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 11 MONTH TO DATE 118 158 -40 217 SINCE MAR 1 118 158 -40 217 SINCE JUL 1 1942 2164 -222 2120 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 0 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 0 20 0 SINCE MAR 1 20 0 20 0 SINCE JAN 1 20 4 16 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 46 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 49 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 87 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 21 1998 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 13 2006.........SUNRISE 625 AM EST SUNSET 618 PM EST MARCH 14 2006.........SUNRISE 624 AM EST SUNSET 619 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$