000 CDUS42 KILM 230836 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EDT WED AUG 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 86 1038 AM 100 1983 88 -2 96 MINIMUM 74 801 PM 60 1886 70 4 76 AVERAGE 80 79 1 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.87R 1.94 1947 0.23 2.64 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.57 5.16 3.41 3.16 SINCE MAR 1 26.71 29.70 -2.99 30.67 SINCE JAN 1 31.94 37.88 -5.94 34.25 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 15 14 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 355 333 22 365 SINCE JUN 1 1195 1194 1 1274 SINCE JAN 1 1487 1469 18 1425 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 200 AM LOWEST 70 1000 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 100 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 57 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 23 2006........SUNRISE 639 AM EDT SUNSET 749 PM EDT AUGUST 24 2006........SUNRISE 639 AM EDT SUNSET 748 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$