000 CDUS42 KILM 260834 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 434 AM EDT TUE SEP 26 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 25 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 78 139 AM 93 1986 82 -4 84 MINIMUM 61 1153 PM 42 1887 63 -2 71 AVERAGE 70 73 -3 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 3.53 1890 0.20 0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.61 5.89 -0.28 8.21 SINCE MAR 1 42.58 37.74 4.84 42.56 SINCE JAN 1 47.81 45.92 1.89 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 5 8 -3 13 MONTH TO DATE 212 269 -57 341 SINCE SEP 1 212 269 -57 341 SINCE JAN 1 1833 1860 -27 1896 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 60 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 64 1000 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 93 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 47 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 26 2006.....SUNRISE 702 AM EDT SUNSET 703 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 27 2006.....SUNRISE 703 AM EDT SUNSET 701 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$