000 CDUS42 KILM 180936 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EST SAT MAR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 75 258 PM 85 1945 66 9 41 MINIMUM 47 1231 AM 28 1981 44 3 37 AVERAGE 61 55 6 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.14 1983 0.14 -0.14 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 0.32 2.39 -2.07 0.74 SINCE MAR 1 0.32 2.39 -2.07 0.74 SINCE JAN 1 5.55 10.57 -5.02 4.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1885 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 4 10 -6 26 MONTH TO DATE 147 212 -65 298 SINCE MAR 1 147 212 -65 298 SINCE JUL 1 1971 2218 -247 2201 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 24 3 21 0 SINCE MAR 1 24 3 21 0 SINCE JAN 1 24 7 17 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 22 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 1200 AM LOWEST 21 300 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 84 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 29 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2006.........SUNRISE 618 AM EST SUNSET 622 PM EST MARCH 19 2006.........SUNRISE 617 AM EST SUNSET 623 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$