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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
657 AM EST SAT DEC 12 2009


...WILMINGTON AIRPORT HITS FREEZING...


AT 452 AM EST ON DECEMBER 12TH THE WILMINGTON ASOS OFFICIALLY HIT 32
DEGREES...MARKING THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON THAT THE ASOS RECORDED
A TEMPERATURE OF FREEZING OR BELOW. THIS IS VERY LATE IN THE SEASON
FOR WILMINGTON TO REACH 32F FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SINCE 1874 THIS IS TIED FOR THE 8TH LATEST FIRST-FREEZE (1900, 1994).
THE RECORD LATEST FIRST-FREEZE AT WILMINGTON IS DECEMBER 28 (1918).

THE LAST TIME THE WILMINGTON ASOS HIT 32 DEGREES WAS ON MARCH 5.
THIS ENDS A STRETCH OF 281 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT A 32 DEGREE
READING.

THE 281 DAYS BETWEEN FREEZING TEMPERATURE READINGS IS TIED FOR THE
11TH LONGEST STRETCH OF DAYS WITHOUT THE TEMPERATURE REACHING 32
DEGREES OR BELOW.

THE LONGEST STRETCH OF DAYS WITHOUT A 32 DEGREE READING IS 301 DAYS
WHICH OCCURRED IN 1909.

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