742 CDUS44 KLIX 230704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 104 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 73 221 PM 82 2006 67 6 57 MINIMUM 51 1117 PM 26 1978 48 3 44 AVERAGE 62 57 5 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.27 1980 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.89 4.35 1.54 4.38 SINCE DEC 1 34.05 15.29 18.76 12.99 SINCE JAN 1 8.13 10.22 -2.09 10.78 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 3 9 -6 14 MONTH TO DATE 364 238 126 168 SINCE DEC 1 1234 973 261 732 SINCE JUL 1 1407 1172 235 912 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 13 -13 16 SINCE DEC 1 13 54 -41 118 SINCE JAN 1 6 25 -19 46 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 700 AM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 81 1982 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2010......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2010......SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$