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CLIMATE REPORT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

300 AM EDT WED MAY 06 2026



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...THE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2026...



CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020

CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2026





WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      

                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     

                                                  NORMAL           

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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          

 YESTERDAY                                                           

  MAXIMUM         78    123 PM  92    1952  79     -1       82       

                                      2012                           

  MINIMUM         52    549 AM  44    1940  58     -6       63       

                                      1997                           

  AVERAGE         65                        69     -4       73     



PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    

  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.30 2017   0.13  -0.13     0.00     

  MONTH TO DATE    0.47                      0.61  -0.14     0.50     

  SINCE MAR 1      3.44                      7.65  -4.21     5.51     

  SINCE JAN 1      7.86                     14.93  -7.07     9.39     



DEGREE DAYS                                                           

 HEATING                                                              

  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0        

  MONTH TO DATE   26                         7     19        0        

  SINCE MAR 1    303                       445   -142      300        

  SINCE JUL 1   2400                      2310     90     2176        



 COOLING                                                              

  YESTERDAY        0                         5     -5        8        

  MONTH TO DATE    0                        23    -23       43        

  SINCE MAR 1    188                       118     70      193        

  SINCE JAN 1    195                       126     69      197        

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WIND (MPH)                                                            

  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   6   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   S (170)       

  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)       

  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)       

  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                        





SKY COVER                                                             

  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                                 





WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    

THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         

  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                  





RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)

 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                      

 LOWEST     47          1100 AM                                      

 AVERAGE    74                                                        



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THE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY

                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     

 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        95      1952                      

 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        42      1920                      





SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    

MAY  6 2026...........SUNRISE   617 AM EDT   SUNSET   800 PM EDT     

MAY  7 2026...........SUNRISE   616 AM EDT   SUNSET   801 PM EDT     





-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.

R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET ORTIED.

MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.

T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.









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