000 CDUS42 KILM 310832 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 431 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 91 125 PM 98 1932 87 4 91 MINIMUM 79 1159 PM 55 1982 69 10 73 AVERAGE 85 78 7 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.27 1999 0.24 -0.24 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 9.27 7.07 2.20 6.84 SINCE MAR 1 27.41 31.61 -4.20 34.35 SINCE JAN 1 32.64 39.79 -7.15 37.93 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 20 13 7 17 MONTH TO DATE 478 442 36 475 SINCE JUN 1 1318 1303 15 1384 SINCE JAN 1 1610 1578 32 1535 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 83 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 500 AM LOWEST 59 1100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 56 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2006........SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 739 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 1 2006.....SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 738 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$