000 CDUS42 KILM 150844 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 443 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 79 107 PM 94 1970 80 -1 81 MINIMUM 61 417 AM 44 1917 59 2 60 AVERAGE 70 70 0 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.22 1999 0.14 -0.10 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.08 1.80 -0.72 3.39 SINCE MAR 1 5.42 8.96 -3.54 10.57 SINCE JAN 1 10.65 17.14 -6.49 14.15 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 10 15 34 SINCE MAR 1 499 463 36 568 SINCE JUL 1 2323 2469 -146 2471 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 6 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 36 66 -30 30 SINCE MAR 1 168 148 20 73 SINCE JAN 1 168 152 16 77 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 68 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 200 AM LOWEST 42 1100 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 96 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 45 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2006...........SUNRISE 610 AM EDT SUNSET 807 PM EDT MAY 16 2006...........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 807 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$