000 CDUS42 KILM 070835 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 84 401 PM 95 1952 79 5 54 MINIMUM 62 1159 PM 42 1920 56 6 49 AVERAGE 73 68 5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.17 2005 0.13 -0.13 2.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.07 0.72 -0.65 3.29 SINCE MAR 1 4.41 7.88 -3.47 10.47 SINCE JAN 1 9.64 16.06 -6.42 14.05 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 13 MONTH TO DATE 10 7 3 30 SINCE MAR 1 484 460 24 564 SINCE JUL 1 2308 2466 -158 2467 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 5 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 24 25 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 156 107 49 43 SINCE JAN 1 156 111 45 47 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 52 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 39 600 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 93 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 41 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2006...........SUNRISE 616 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT MAY 8 2006...........SUNRISE 615 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$