842 CDUS44 KLIX 050719 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 218 AM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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 94 231 PM 98 1951 92 2 95 MINIMUM 77 1159 PM 67 1974 74 3 76 AVERAGE 86 83 3 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.89 1.57 1981 0.19 0.70 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 0.76 0.13 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 17.56 13.79 3.77 8.51 SINCE JAN 1 37.09 40.01 -2.92 28.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 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 JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 21 18 3 21 MONTH TO DATE 96 72 24 78 SINCE JUN 1 1291 1076 215 1236 SINCE JAN 1 1939 1625 314 1967 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 300 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 100 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 67 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2010........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT AUGUST 6 2010........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$