955 CDUS42 KMHX 280628 CLIHSE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 128 AM EST THU FEB 28 2013 ................................... ...THE CAPE HATTERAS NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 57 1207 AM 72 1977 55 2 66 MINIMUM 49 1159 PM 17 1970 41 8 39 AVERAGE 53 48 5 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.87 2003 0.14 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 7.56 3.88 3.68 3.43 SINCE DEC 1 16.24 13.39 2.85 11.62 SINCE JAN 1 9.73 9.12 0.61 8.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE NOV 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 17 -5 12 MONTH TO DATE 457 494 -37 387 SINCE DEC 1 1281 1589 -308 1140 SINCE JUL 1 1718 1907 -189 1398 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 3 -3 3 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 61 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE CAPE HATTERAS NC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 73 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 24 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2013......SUNRISE 633 AM EST SUNSET 557 PM EST MARCH 1 2013.........SUNRISE 632 AM EST SUNSET 558 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$