000 CDUS42 KILM 190940 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 439 AM EST TUE DEC 19 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 18 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 74 326 PM 79 1984 59 15 45 MINIMUM 46 626 AM 18 1875 37 9 41 AVERAGE 60 48 12 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.66 1959 0.12 -0.12 1.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 2.13 -1.68 2.77 SINCE MAR 1 54.76 47.24 7.52 64.56 SINCE JAN 1 59.99 55.42 4.57 68.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1950 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 5 17 -12 22 MONTH TO DATE 277 272 5 331 SINCE DEC 1 277 272 5 331 SINCE JUL 1 663 633 30 665 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 84 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1100 PM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 81 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 19 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 19 2006......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 505 PM EST DECEMBER 20 2006......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 505 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$