000 CDUS42 KILM 290834 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 432 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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 AM 91 1911 81 -2 81 MINIMUM 57 623 AM 50 1947 61 -4 64 AVERAGE 68 71 -3 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 2.83 1877 0.18 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.66 6.45 -0.79 8.23 SINCE MAR 1 42.63 38.30 4.33 42.58 SINCE JAN 1 47.86 46.48 1.38 46.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM MM MM 0.0 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 3 7 -4 8 MONTH TO DATE 221 291 -70 372 SINCE SEP 1 221 291 -70 372 SINCE JAN 1 1842 1882 -40 1927 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 50 1000 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 91 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 46 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 29 2006.....SUNRISE 705 AM EDT SUNSET 659 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 30 2006.....SUNRISE 705 AM EDT SUNSET 657 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$