000 CDUS42 KILM 010833 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 432 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31 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 1154 PM 96 1970 87 -8 92 MINIMUM 73 346 PM 56 1887 69 4 78 AVERAGE 76 78 -2 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 9.56R 9.56 2006 0.24 9.32 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 18.83 7.31 11.52 6.84 SINCE MAR 1 36.97 31.85 5.12 34.35 SINCE JAN 1 42.20 40.03 2.17 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 11 13 -2 20 MONTH TO DATE 489 455 34 495 SINCE JUN 1 1329 1316 13 1404 SINCE JAN 1 1621 1591 30 1555 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 41 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 62 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 4 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 PM LOWEST 85 700 AM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 56 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 1 2006.....SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 738 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 2 2006.....SUNRISE 646 AM EDT SUNSET 736 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$