000 CDUS42 KILM 180936 CLIFLO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 435 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ................................... ...THE FLORENCE SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 75 326 PM 80 1956 57 18 49 MINIMUM 53 735 AM 11 1955 37 16 27 AVERAGE 64 47 17 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.74 1975 0.11 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.78 1.76 -0.98 1.25 SINCE MAR 1 42.98 35.94 7.04 27.99 SINCE JAN 1 49.90 43.05 6.85 32.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE MAR 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 18 -17 27 MONTH TO DATE 265 261 4 188 SINCE DEC 1 265 261 4 188 SINCE JUL 1 855 690 165 556 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 10 SINCE DEC 1 2 0 2 10 SINCE JAN 1 2004 2041 -37 2347 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 64 300 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE FLORENCE SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 77 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 16 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2008......SUNRISE 719 AM EST SUNSET 512 PM EST DECEMBER 19 2008......SUNRISE 720 AM EST SUNSET 512 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$