000 CDUS42 KILM 090834 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 434 AM EDT MON OCT 9 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 77 1145 AM 89 1962 78 -1 86 MINIMUM 59 1256 AM 37 1889 56 3 73 AVERAGE 68 67 1 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.23 5.53 2005 0.12 2.11 5.53 MONTH TO DATE 2.75 1.13 1.62 13.80 SINCE MAR 1 45.39 39.77 5.62 56.41 SINCE JAN 1 50.62 47.95 2.67 59.99 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 4 13 -9 0 SINCE SEP 1 7 13 -6 0 SINCE JUL 1 7 13 -6 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 15 MONTH TO DATE 27 40 -13 85 SINCE SEP 1 248 344 -96 478 SINCE JAN 1 1869 1935 -66 2033 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 53 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 68 900 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 87 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 40 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2006.......SUNRISE 712 AM EDT SUNSET 645 PM EDT OCTOBER 10 2006.......SUNRISE 713 AM EDT SUNSET 644 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$