Official Weather Synopsis

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008


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...THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2008...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         75    147 PM  92    1990  80     -5       71
                                      1960
  MINIMUM         54    529 AM  44    1984  60     -6       62
  AVERAGE         65                        70     -5       67

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          2.51 1922   0.15  -0.15     0.52
  MONTH TO DATE    3.40                      2.23   1.17     1.55
  SINCE MAR 1      8.87                      9.39  -0.52     4.40
  SINCE JAN 1     16.04                     17.57  -1.53    10.89

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  2002  MM     MM        0.0
                                      2001
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                      MM     MM        0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                      MM     MM        0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      T                        MM     MM        0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        10      1       18
  SINCE MAR 1    394                       463    -69      463
  SINCE JUL 1   2051                      2469   -418     2286

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         6     -6        2
  MONTH TO DATE   79                        84     -5       69
  SINCE MAR 1    153                       166    -13      192
  SINCE JAN 1    167                       170     -3      197
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 WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           100 AM
 LOWEST     35           100 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE WILMINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        94      1960
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        43      1875


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE   608 AM EDT   SUNSET   809 PM EDT
MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE   607 AM EDT   SUNSET   809 PM EDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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