687 CDUS44 KLIX 050727 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 127 AM CST WED JAN 5 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 69 259 PM 80 1952 62 7 43 MINIMUM 50 516 AM 25 2001 44 6 30 AVERAGE 60 53 7 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.20 1966 0.18 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.20 0.69 -0.49 T SINCE DEC 1 2.37 5.76 -3.39 25.92 SINCE JAN 1 0.20 0.69 -0.49 T 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 5 13 -8 28 MONTH TO DATE 41 52 -11 88 SINCE DEC 1 456 384 72 445 SINCE JUL 1 574 583 -9 618 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE DEC 1 9 33 -24 7 SINCE JAN 1 0 4 -4 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 700 AM LOWEST 58 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 78 2009 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 27 1994 1980 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST JANUARY 6 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$