838 CDUS44 KLIX 120729 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 128 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 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 73 1247 PM 82 1949 65 8 49 MINIMUM 55 1203 AM 26 1995 46 9 45 AVERAGE 64 56 8 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.20 3.03 1953 0.16 0.04 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.20 1.84 -1.64 8.21 SINCE DEC 1 0.20 1.84 -1.64 8.21 SINCE JAN 1 51.95 60.93 -8.98 61.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 10 -9 18 MONTH TO DATE 150 103 47 136 SINCE DEC 1 150 103 47 136 SINCE JUL 1 268 302 -34 309 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 11 -10 1 SINCE DEC 1 1 11 -10 1 SINCE JAN 1 3294 2755 539 3211 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 PM LOWEST 49 1100 AM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1971 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2010......SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 502 PM CST DECEMBER 13 2010......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 502 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$