066 CDUS44 KLIX 210704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 92 1142 AM 100 1995 91 1 89 MINIMUM 79 549 AM 67 1992 74 5 79 AVERAGE 86 82 4 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.65 1.77 1961 0.20 0.45 0.31 MONTH TO DATE 4.12 3.91 0.21 4.91 SINCE JUN 1 20.79 16.94 3.85 12.77 SINCE JAN 1 40.32 43.16 -2.84 32.59 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 17 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 421 349 72 382 SINCE JUN 1 1616 1353 263 1540 SINCE JAN 1 2264 1902 362 2271 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 400 AM LOWEST 64 1200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 68 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2010........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2010........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$