000 CDUS42 KILM 230938 CLIILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 437 AM EST SAT DEC 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22 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 70 1159 PM 80 1998 58 12 51 MINIMUM 52 616 AM 16 1901 37 15 22 AVERAGE 61 48 13 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.81 1.64 1920 0.12 0.69 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.26 2.61 -1.35 2.77 SINCE MAR 1 55.57 47.72 7.85 64.56 SINCE JAN 1 60.80 55.90 4.90 68.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1989 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 4 18 -14 28 MONTH TO DATE 317 343 -26 433 SINCE DEC 1 317 343 -26 433 SINCE JUL 1 703 704 -1 767 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 52 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 66 1000 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 78 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 15 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 23 2006......SUNRISE 715 AM EST SUNSET 507 PM EST DECEMBER 24 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. $$