000 CDUS42 KILM 220944 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 444 AM EST FRI DEC 22 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 21 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 64 345 PM 76 1956 58 6 46 MINIMUM 40 220 AM 13 1981 37 3 26 AVERAGE 52 48 4 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 2.49 -2.04 2.77 SINCE MAR 1 54.76 47.60 7.16 64.56 SINCE JAN 1 59.99 55.78 4.21 68.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.5 1915 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 13 18 -5 29 MONTH TO DATE 313 325 -12 405 SINCE DEC 1 313 325 -12 405 SINCE JUL 1 699 686 13 739 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 74 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 PM LOWEST 65 1200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 80 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 16 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 22 2006......SUNRISE 714 AM EST SUNSET 506 PM EST DECEMBER 23 2006......SUNRISE 715 AM EST SUNSET 507 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$