000 CDUS42 KILM 170934 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EST SUN DEC 17 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 68 148 PM 80 1971 59 9 65 MINIMUM 40 1159 PM 12 1943 38 2 35 AVERAGE 54 49 5 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.22 1970 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 1.89 -1.44 1.33 SINCE MAR 1 54.76 47.00 7.76 63.12 SINCE JAN 1 59.99 55.18 4.81 66.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1988 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 11 17 -6 15 MONTH TO DATE 260 238 22 285 SINCE DEC 1 260 238 22 285 SINCE JUL 1 646 599 47 619 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 NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 98 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 29 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 79 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 18 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2006......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST DECEMBER 18 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. $$