840 CDUS44 KLIX 300708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 208 AM CDT MON AUG 30 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 85 1005 AM 96 1990 90 -5 90 1951 MINIMUM 75 649 AM 63 1992 73 2 74 AVERAGE 80 82 -2 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.74 4.50 2005 0.21 1.53 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 10.32 5.73 4.59 8.30 SINCE JUN 1 26.99 18.76 8.23 16.16 SINCE JAN 1 46.52 44.98 1.54 35.98 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 15 17 -2 17 MONTH TO DATE 592 502 90 523 SINCE JUN 1 1787 1506 281 1681 SINCE JAN 1 2435 2055 380 2412 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 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 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 100 AM LOWEST 82 1000 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2010........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2010........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$