562 CDUS44 KLIX 200720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 59 419 PM 81 1956 66 -7 70 MINIMUM 37 403 AM 31 1978 47 -10 48 AVERAGE 48 56 -8 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.70 1961 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.56 3.78 1.78 4.23 SINCE DEC 1 33.72 14.72 19.00 12.84 SINCE JAN 1 7.80 9.65 -1.85 10.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 0.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 10 7 6 MONTH TO DATE 344 211 133 127 SINCE DEC 1 1214 946 268 691 SINCE JUL 1 1387 1145 242 871 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 16 SINCE DEC 1 13 51 -38 118 SINCE JAN 1 6 22 -16 46 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 400 AM LOWEST 33 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 20 2010......SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST FEBRUARY 21 2010......SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$