560 CDUS44 KLIX 230708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 206 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22 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 92 203 PM 95 1997 86 6 91 MINIMUM 79 1146 PM 56 1983 69 10 76 AVERAGE 86 78 8 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.61 1946 0.17 -0.17 0.56 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 4.35 -4.11 7.88 SINCE SEP 1 0.24 4.35 -4.11 7.88 SINCE JAN 1 48.17 49.75 -1.58 45.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 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 SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 21 13 8 19 MONTH TO DATE 413 324 89 362 SINCE SEP 1 413 324 89 362 SINCE JAN 1 2883 2411 472 2806 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 94 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 55 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 23 2010.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 656 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 24 2010.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 655 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$