000 CDUS42 KILM 230835 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EDT SUN APR 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 78 1052 AM 93 2002 76 2 80 MINIMUM 63 1159 PM 38 1983 53 10 62 AVERAGE 71 65 6 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.59 1.47 1992 0.10 0.49 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 2.11 -0.28 3.99 SINCE MAR 1 3.11 6.33 -3.22 7.11 SINCE JAN 1 8.34 14.51 -6.17 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 68 98 -30 122 SINCE MAR 1 444 436 8 502 SINCE JUL 1 2268 2442 -174 2405 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 3 3 6 MONTH TO DATE 73 40 33 32 SINCE MAR 1 97 57 40 32 SINCE JAN 1 97 61 36 36 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 16 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 PM LOWEST 69 1100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 93 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 37 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2006.........SUNRISE 631 AM EDT SUNSET 750 PM EDT APRIL 24 2006.........SUNRISE 630 AM EDT SUNSET 750 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$