Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
508 CXUS52 KILM 031211 CLMILM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 711 AM EST WED JAN 03 2024 ................................... ...THE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 12/08/1998 12/07/1998 LOW 0 12/25/1989 HIGHEST 77 12/03 MM MM 80 12/07 LOWEST 27 12/21 MM MM 20 12/24 12/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 63.3 60.3 3.0 60.5 AVG. MINIMUM 40.9 39.1 1.8 38.3 MEAN 52.1 49.7 2.4 49.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 9.2 1.8 8 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.86 2009 MINIMUM 0.15 1899 TOTALS 8.18 3.69 4.49 2.17 DAILY AVG. 0.26 0.12 0.14 DAYS >= .01 9 9.9 -0.9 DAYS >= .10 5 6.3 -1.3 DAYS >= .50 3 2.5 0.5 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.0 2.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.24 12/17 TO 12/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 15.3 1989 24 HR TOTAL 9.6 12/23/1989 TO 12/23/1989 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.1 -0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM STORM TOTAL 0.0 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 406 481 -75 480 SINCE 7/1 753 854 -101 COOLING TOTAL 13 7 6 4 SINCE 1/1 2265 2134 131 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/16/1876 LATEST 04/21/1983 EARLIEST 11/29 LATEST 03/21 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/310 DATE 12/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/350 DATE 12/11 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.22 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$