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CLIILM


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC                               
452 AM EDT THU MAY 4 2006

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...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         83    338 PM  94    1959  79      4       67       
  MINIMUM         56   1144 PM  40    1981  56      0       50       
  AVERAGE         70                        67      3       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.79 1964   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.35  -0.35     0.13    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.34                      7.51  -3.17     7.31    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.57                     15.69  -6.12    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        0                         1     -1        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         4      6       12       
  SINCE MAR 1    484                       457     27      546       
  SINCE JUL 1   2308                      2463   -155     2449       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         4      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    5                        12     -7        0       
  SINCE MAR 1    137                        94     43       43       
  SINCE JAN 1    137                        98     39       47       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  95 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        92      1913                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        42      1986                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2006...........SUNRISE   619 AM EDT   SUNSET   758 PM EDT   
MAY  5 2006...........SUNRISE   618 AM EDT   SUNSET   759 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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