000 CDUS42 KILM 240940 CLIFLO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 440 AM EST WED DEC 24 2008 ................................... ...THE FLORENCE SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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 49 401 PM 81 1990 56 -7 68 MINIMUM 24 405 AM 16 1989 36 -12 49 AVERAGE 37 46 -9 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.38 1994 0.12 -0.12 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 0.93 2.47 -1.54 2.00 SINCE MAR 1 43.13 36.65 6.48 28.74 SINCE JAN 1 50.05 43.76 6.29 32.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE MAR 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 20 8 6 MONTH TO DATE 339 376 -37 289 SINCE DEC 1 339 376 -37 289 SINCE JUL 1 929 805 124 657 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 700 PM LOWEST 36 100 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE FLORENCE SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 76 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 12 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 24 2008......SUNRISE 722 AM EST SUNSET 515 PM EST DECEMBER 25 2008......SUNRISE 723 AM EST SUNSET 516 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$