309 CDUS44 KLIX 280720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 89 1154 AM 99 1989 90 -1 89 MINIMUM 74 113 PM 63 1966 74 0 71 AVERAGE 82 82 0 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.97 2.85 1991 0.20 1.77 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.89 5.31 2.58 8.26 SINCE JUN 1 24.56 18.34 6.22 16.12 SINCE JAN 1 44.09 44.56 -0.47 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 17 17 0 15 MONTH TO DATE 564 468 96 489 SINCE JUN 1 1759 1472 287 1647 SINCE JAN 1 2407 2021 386 2378 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 500 AM LOWEST 64 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 99 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 67 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2010........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2010........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$