000 CDUS42 KILM 210835 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 434 AM EDT THU SEP 21 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20 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 80 244 PM 95 1942 83 -3 87 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 51 1981 65 -4 71 AVERAGE 71 74 -3 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.20 1892 0.22 -0.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.39 4.85 0.54 8.21 SINCE MAR 1 42.36 36.70 5.66 42.56 SINCE JAN 1 47.59 44.88 2.71 46.14 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 6 9 -3 14 MONTH TO DATE 172 226 -54 275 SINCE SEP 1 172 226 -54 275 SINCE JAN 1 1793 1817 -24 1830 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 86 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 95 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 46 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 21 2006.....SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 710 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 22 2006.....SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 708 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$