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CLIILM


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC                               
433 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 2006

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...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         85    234 PM  87    1969  74     11       84       
  MINIMUM         58   1159 PM  35    1992  52      6       64       
  AVERAGE         72                        63      9       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.84 1876   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.24                      2.30   1.94    13.89    
  SINCE MAR 1     46.88                     40.94   5.94    56.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     52.11                     49.12   2.99    60.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002  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                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        51    -12        9       
  SINCE SEP 1     42                        51     -9        9       
  SINCE JUL 1     42                        51     -9        9       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         2      5        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   71                        74     -3      146       
  SINCE SEP 1    292                       378    -86      539       
  SINCE JAN 1   1913                      1969    -56     2094       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  75 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        85      2005                    
                                             1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        34      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2006.......SUNRISE   722 AM EDT   SUNSET   630 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 22 2006.......SUNRISE   723 AM EDT   SUNSET   629 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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