000 CDUS42 KILM 210947 CLIFLO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 446 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ................................... ...THE FLORENCE SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 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 74R 1222 PM 74 1978 56 18 60 MINIMUM 60 1139 PM 16 1981 37 23 34 AVERAGE 67 46 21 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 1.33 1973 0.12 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.11 -1.24 1.25 SINCE MAR 1 43.07 36.29 6.78 27.99 SINCE JAN 1 49.99 43.40 6.59 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 0 19 -19 18 MONTH TO DATE 265 317 -52 255 SINCE DEC 1 265 317 -52 255 SINCE JUL 1 855 746 109 623 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 0 9 10 SINCE DEC 1 9 0 9 10 SINCE JAN 1 2011 2041 -30 2347 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 PM LOWEST 62 1200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE FLORENCE SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 77 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 16 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 21 2008......SUNRISE 721 AM EST SUNSET 513 PM EST DECEMBER 22 2008......SUNRISE 722 AM EST SUNSET 514 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$