000 NOUS42 KILM 261227 PNSILM NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-270030- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 727 AM EST WED NOV 26 2008 ...A COLD NOVEMBER SO FAR... WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THE LAST 10 DAYS...NOVEMBER IS SHAPING UP TO BE A COLD MONTH! FOR THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF THE MONTH WE HAD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S FOR AT LEAST 7 DAYS. DURING THIS STRETCH WE WERE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL FOR TEMPERATURES. BEGINNING ON THE 16TH WE HAVE SEEN A 10 DAY STRETCH WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. IN FACT THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS AT OUR 4 CLIMATE SITES IS IN THE LOWER 50S. KEEP IN MIND OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE COLDEST PART OF JANUARY IS IN THE MIDDLE 50S. FLORENCE, SC IS THE ONLY SITE THAT IS IN THE TOP 10 FOR COLDEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES. THROUGH THE 25TH...FLORENCE HAS AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 51.0 WHICH IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR 5TH COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. CLIMATE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1948 IN FLORENCE. BELOW IS A DETAILED LIST OF CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR OUR 4 CLIMATE SITES THROUGH NOVEMBER 25TH. DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE ONLY CALCULATED FOR FLORENCE AND WILMINGTON AS THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO SITES THAT HAVE CLIMATE NORMALS (1971-2000). AN UPDATE WILL BE SENT OUT THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER AFTER ALL OF THE CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR NOVEMBER HAS BEEN CALCULATED. * UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL VALUES BELOW ARE THROUGH NOVEMBER 25TH. WILMINGTON, NC (ILM) NORMAL HIGH 68.5 THIS MONTH SO FAR 63.6 (-4.9) NORMAL LOW 45.8 THIS MONTH SO FAR 42.5 (-3.3) AVERAGE TEMP 57.1 THIS MONTH SO FAR 53.0 (-3.9) ***AVERAGE HIGH OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS HAS BEEN 53.2*** FLORENCE, SC (FLO) NORMAL HIGH 67.4 THIS MONTH SO FAR 62.3 (-5.1) NORMAL LOW 44.8 THIS MONTH SO FAR 39.6 (-5.2) AVERAGE TEMP 56.1 THIS MONTH SO FAR 51.0 (-5.1) ***AVERAGE HIGH OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS HAS BEEN 53.3*** NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (CRE) THIS MONTH SO FAR 63.9 THIS MONTH SO FAR 43.6 THIS MONTH SO FAR 53.7 ***AVERAGE HIGH OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS HAS BEEN 53.3*** LUMBERTON, NC (LBT) THIS MONTH SO FAR 62.3 THIS MONTH SO FAR 39.1 THIS MONTH SO FAR 50.7 ***AVERAGE HIGH OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS HAS BEEN 52.3*** $$ HEDEN