000 CDUS42 KILM 050832 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 432 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 84 351 PM 92 1913 79 5 71 MINIMUM 52 515 AM 42 1986 56 -4 59 AVERAGE 68 67 1 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.51 1910 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.47 -0.47 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 4.34 7.63 -3.29 7.31 SINCE JAN 1 9.57 15.81 -6.24 10.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 MM MM 0.0 2001 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 5 5 12 SINCE MAR 1 484 458 26 546 SINCE JUL 1 2308 2464 -156 2449 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 16 -8 0 SINCE MAR 1 140 98 42 43 SINCE JAN 1 140 102 38 47 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 97 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 100 AM LOWEST 26 400 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 44 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2006...........SUNRISE 618 AM EDT SUNSET 759 PM EDT MAY 6 2006...........SUNRISE 617 AM EDT SUNSET 800 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$