000 CDUS42 KILM 180844 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 442 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 84 150 PM 99 1954 88 -4 91 MINIMUM 72 511 AM 59 1979 71 1 75 AVERAGE 78 80 -2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.58 3.58 1992 0.23 0.35 1.10 MONTH TO DATE 5.02 4.01 1.01 2.78 SINCE MAR 1 23.16 28.55 -5.39 30.29 SINCE JAN 1 28.39 36.73 -8.34 33.87 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 18 MONTH TO DATE 277 262 15 267 SINCE JUN 1 1117 1123 -6 1176 SINCE JAN 1 1409 1398 11 1327 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 900 PM LOWEST 65 100 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 99 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 60 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2006........SUNRISE 635 AM EDT SUNSET 755 PM EDT AUGUST 19 2006........SUNRISE 636 AM EDT SUNSET 754 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$