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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC                               
438 AM EDT WED AUG 16 2006

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...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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         87    208 PM  97    1968  88     -1       94       
  MINIMUM         68    604 AM  62    1964  71     -3       76       
  AVERAGE         78                        80     -2       85      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.47 1940   0.23  -0.23     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.43                      3.55   0.88     1.68    
  SINCE MAR 1     22.57                     28.09  -5.52    29.19    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.80                     36.27  -8.47    32.77    
                                                                     
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        0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                        15     -2       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  250                       232     18      228       
  SINCE JUN 1   1090                      1093     -3     1137       
  SINCE JAN 1   1382                      1368     14     1288       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   88        99      1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        62      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 16 2006........SUNRISE   633 AM EDT   SUNSET   758 PM EDT   
AUGUST 17 2006........SUNRISE   634 AM EDT   SUNSET   757 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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