000 CDUS42 KILM 030834 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 76 400 PM 91 1962 78 -2 72 MINIMUM 47 550 AM 35 1963 56 -9 49 AVERAGE 62 67 -5 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.03 1873 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.23 -0.23 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 4.34 7.39 -3.05 7.31 SINCE JAN 1 9.57 15.57 -6.00 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 3 1 2 4 MONTH TO DATE 10 3 7 6 SINCE MAR 1 484 456 28 540 SINCE JUL 1 2308 2462 -154 2443 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 0 SINCE MAR 1 132 90 42 43 SINCE JAN 1 132 94 38 47 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 25 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 94 1959 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 40 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2006...........SUNRISE 620 AM EDT SUNSET 757 PM EDT MAY 4 2006...........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 758 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$