000 CDUS44 KLIX 210735 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 216 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 96R 340 PM 93 2002 86 10 85 1993 MINIMUM 78 138 AM 52 1981 70 8 72 AVERAGE 87 78 9 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.09 1979 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 4.00 -2.07 0.97 SINCE SEP 1 1.93 4.00 -2.07 0.97 SINCE JAN 1 42.11 49.40 -7.29 59.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 22 13 9 14 MONTH TO DATE 364 298 66 341 SINCE SEP 1 364 298 66 341 SINCE JAN 1 2564 2385 179 2473 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 100 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 59 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 22 2005.....SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. YEAR/MONTH TO DATE TOTALS FOR TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITAION MAY BE INCORRECT DUE TO MISSING DATA DURING HURRICANE KATRINA. $$