959 CDUS44 KLIX 260720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST FRI FEB 26 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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 54 445 PM 82 1972 68 -14 73 MINIMUM 36 657 AM 30 1968 48 -12 57 1965 AVERAGE 45 58 -13 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.67 1987 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.90 4.92 0.98 4.38 SINCE DEC 1 34.06 15.86 18.20 12.99 SINCE JAN 1 8.14 10.79 -2.65 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 20 8 12 0 MONTH TO DATE 419 264 155 195 SINCE DEC 1 1289 999 290 759 SINCE JUL 1 1462 1198 264 939 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 16 -16 16 SINCE DEC 1 13 57 -44 118 SINCE JAN 1 6 28 -22 46 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 1100 PM LOWEST 20 400 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2010......SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 2010......SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$