000 CDUS42 KILM 160935 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 434 AM EST SAT DEC 16 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 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 69 318 PM 78 1971 60 9 65 MINIMUM 48 1030 PM 17 1962 38 10 35 AVERAGE 59 49 10 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.70 1943 0.12 -0.12 0.92 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 1.77 -1.32 1.33 SINCE MAR 1 54.76 46.88 7.88 63.12 SINCE JAN 1 59.99 55.06 4.93 66.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1943 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 6 17 -11 15 MONTH TO DATE 249 221 28 270 SINCE DEC 1 249 221 28 270 SINCE JUL 1 635 582 53 604 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 85 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 80 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 12 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2006......SUNRISE 711 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST DECEMBER 17 2006......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$