550 CDUS42 KMHX 210559 CLIHSE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 159 AM EDT SUN APR 21 2013 ................................... ...THE CAPE HATTERAS NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 68 227 AM 81 1992 67 1 72 MINIMUM 50 1155 PM 33 1979 54 -4 56 AVERAGE 59 61 -2 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.14 1.97 2008 0.12 1.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.08 2.52 0.56 1.79 SINCE MAR 1 5.30 7.29 -1.99 5.92 SINCE JAN 1 15.03 16.55 -1.52 14.38 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 6 5 1 1 MONTH TO DATE 113 148 -35 104 SINCE MAR 1 600 567 33 253 SINCE JUL 1 2332 2491 -159 1664 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 11 -2 25 SINCE MAR 1 9 14 -5 53 SINCE JAN 1 9 14 -5 53 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 59 700 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE CAPE HATTERAS NC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 34 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2013.........SUNRISE 622 AM EDT SUNSET 740 PM EDT APRIL 22 2013.........SUNRISE 621 AM EDT SUNSET 741 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$