000 CDUS44 KLIX 020822 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2002 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR 1 FEBRUARY 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 61 1206 AM 82 1957 62 -1 55 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 22 1951 44 0 49 AVERAGE 53 53 0 52 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.50 0.50 2002 0.20 0.30 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 MM MM 0.20 0.30 0.01 SINCE 1 DEC 6.69 MM MM 11.14 -4.45 5.76 SINCE 1 JAN 3.79 MM MM 6.07 -2.28 3.06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE 1 DEC 0.0 SINCE 1 JUL 0.0 SNOW DEPTH (IN) 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 14 -2 13 MONTH TO DATE 12 14 -2 13 SINCE 1 DEC 617 813 -196 935 SINCE 1 JUL 721 1021 -300 1200 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1 DEC 74 44 30 0 SINCE 1 JAN 45 15 30 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION 320 HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION 320 AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.94 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY HIGHEST RH 93 PERCENT 400 AM LOWEST RH 51 PERCENT 400 PM AVERAGE RH 72 PERCENT .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 63 81 1969 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 44 19 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET 2 FEBRUARY 2002......SUNRISE 651 AM SUNSET 539 PM 3 FEBRUARY 2002......SUNRISE 650 AM SUNSET 540 PM - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE OF PRECIPITATION.