000 CDUS42 KILM 020831 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 431 AM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1 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 78 1213 AM 96 1993 87 -9 90 MINIMUM 66 1159 PM 56 1887 69 -3 72 AVERAGE 72 78 -6 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 3.19 1877 0.24 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.24 -0.16 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 37.05 32.09 4.96 34.35 SINCE JAN 1 42.28 40.27 2.01 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 SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 13 -6 16 MONTH TO DATE 7 13 -6 16 SINCE SEP 1 7 13 -6 16 SINCE JAN 1 1628 1604 24 1571 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 27 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 1200 AM LOWEST 68 500 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 56 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 2 2006.....SUNRISE 646 AM EDT SUNSET 736 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 3 2006.....SUNRISE 646 AM EDT SUNSET 735 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$