279 CDUS42 KMHX 070632 CLIHSE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 131 AM EST THU MAR 7 2013 ................................... ...THE CAPE HATTERAS NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 57 313 AM 76 1992 56 1 47 MINIMUM 41 707 PM 26 1960 42 -1 40 AVERAGE 49 49 0 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 2.91 1982 0.14 0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.88 -0.64 1.75 SINCE MAR 1 0.24 0.88 -0.64 1.75 SINCE JAN 1 9.97 10.14 -0.17 10.21 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 16 16 0 21 MONTH TO DATE 117 97 20 50 SINCE MAR 1 117 97 20 50 SINCE JUL 1 1849 2021 -172 1461 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 54 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE CAPE HATTERAS NC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 74 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 27 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2013.........SUNRISE 624 AM EST SUNSET 603 PM EST MARCH 8 2013.........SUNRISE 622 AM EST SUNSET 604 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$