000 CDUS42 KILM 020832 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 432 AM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 71 310 PM 94 1986 78 -7 72 MINIMUM 45 546 AM 38 1876 56 -11 53 AVERAGE 58 67 -9 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.02 1999 0.11 -0.11 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.11 -0.11 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 4.34 7.27 -2.93 7.31 SINCE JAN 1 9.57 15.45 -5.88 10.89 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 7 2 5 2 MONTH TO DATE 7 2 5 2 SINCE MAR 1 481 455 26 536 SINCE JUL 1 2305 2461 -156 2439 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 132 86 46 43 SINCE JAN 1 132 90 42 47 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 1100 PM LOWEST 39 1200 AM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2006...........SUNRISE 621 AM EDT SUNSET 757 PM EDT MAY 3 2006...........SUNRISE 620 AM EDT SUNSET 757 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$