000 CDUS42 KILM 170836 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 71 150 PM 87 1975 75 -4 76 MINIMUM 43 618 AM 32 1876 54 -11 50 AVERAGE 57 65 -8 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.73 1936 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.84 1.95 1.89 13.89 SINCE MAR 1 46.48 40.59 5.89 56.50 SINCE JAN 1 51.71 48.77 2.94 60.08 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 8 3 5 2 MONTH TO DATE 39 36 3 2 SINCE SEP 1 42 36 6 2 SINCE JUL 1 42 36 6 2 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 48 66 -18 132 SINCE SEP 1 269 370 -101 525 SINCE JAN 1 1890 1961 -71 2080 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 82 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 400 AM LOWEST 37 1200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 90 1966 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 37 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2006.......SUNRISE 719 AM EDT SUNSET 635 PM EDT OCTOBER 18 2006.......SUNRISE 719 AM EDT SUNSET 634 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$