415 CDUS44 KLIX 270720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT FRI AUG 27 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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 92 152 PM 99 1990 90 2 89 MINIMUM 80 609 AM 62 1966 74 6 71 AVERAGE 86 82 4 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.18 1992 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.92 5.11 0.81 8.26 SINCE JUN 1 22.59 18.14 4.45 16.12 SINCE JAN 1 42.12 44.36 -2.24 35.94 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 15 MONTH TO DATE 547 451 96 474 SINCE JUN 1 1742 1455 287 1632 SINCE JAN 1 2390 2004 386 2363 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 900 PM LOWEST 41 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 99 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2010........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT AUGUST 28 2010........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$