000 CDUS42 KILM 180846 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 445 AM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 89R 231 PM 88 2002 75 14 67 1976 MINIMUM 55 1159 PM 35 1963 51 4 38 AVERAGE 72 63 9 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.76 1.82 1946 0.09 0.67 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.24 1.65 -0.41 3.99 SINCE MAR 1 2.52 5.87 -3.35 7.11 SINCE JAN 1 7.75 14.05 -6.30 10.69 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 3 -3 12 MONTH TO DATE 61 83 -22 116 SINCE MAR 1 437 421 16 496 SINCE JUL 1 2261 2427 -166 2399 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 2 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 62 27 35 7 SINCE MAR 1 86 44 42 7 SINCE JAN 1 86 48 38 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 76 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 800 PM LOWEST 36 100 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 93 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 637 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE 636 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$