000 CDUS42 KILM 070953 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 453 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 60 318 PM 81 1998 62 -2 53 MINIMUM 30 655 AM 23 1876 40 -10 32 AVERAGE 45 51 -6 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.61 1982 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.40 0.69 -0.29 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 54.71 45.80 8.91 61.92 SINCE JAN 1 59.94 53.98 5.96 65.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1954 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 20 14 6 22 MONTH TO DATE 93 81 12 80 SINCE DEC 1 93 81 12 80 SINCE JUL 1 479 442 37 414 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 4 3 0 SINCE DEC 1 7 4 3 0 SINCE JAN 1 1925 2013 -88 2133 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 89 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 PM LOWEST 57 1100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 82 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 20 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2006......SUNRISE 704 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST DECEMBER 8 2006......SUNRISE 705 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$