000 CDUS42 KILM 152113 CLIFLO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 412 PM EST MON DEC 15 2003 ................................... ...THE FLORENCE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 2003... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 56 259 PM 78 1971 57 -1 54 MINIMUM 32 743 AM 16 1962 37 -5 27 AVERAGE 44 47 -3 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.48 1998 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.76 1.54 -0.78 1.15 SINCE MAR 1 31.41 35.72 -4.31 32.25 SINCE JAN 1 34.71 42.83 -8.12 35.47 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE MAR 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 21 17 4 24 MONTH TO DATE 330 225 105 364 SINCE DEC 1 330 225 105 364 SINCE JUL 1 647 654 -7 825 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1856 2041 -185 2284 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE FLORENCE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 78 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 16 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 15 2003......SUNRISE 717 AM EST SUNSET 511 PM EST DECEMBER 16 2003......SUNRISE 718 AM EST SUNSET 511 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$