000 CDUS42 KILM 070833 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 84 1156 AM 94 1954 78 6 79 MINIMUM 58 1159 PM 43 1935 58 0 70 AVERAGE 71 68 3 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.50 1.18 2005 0.13 0.37 1.18 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.88 -0.38 1.93 SINCE MAR 1 43.14 39.52 3.62 44.54 SINCE JAN 1 48.37 47.70 0.67 48.12 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 0 SINCE SEP 1 3 9 -6 0 SINCE JUL 1 3 9 -6 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 5 1 10 MONTH TO DATE 24 32 -8 59 SINCE SEP 1 245 336 -91 452 SINCE JAN 1 1866 1927 -61 2007 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 67 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 51 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2006.......SUNRISE 711 AM EDT SUNSET 648 PM EDT OCTOBER 8 2006.......SUNRISE 711 AM EDT SUNSET 646 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$