528 CDUS44 KLIX 060704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 104 AM CST THU JAN 6 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 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 70 302 PM 78 2009 62 8 43 1955 MINIMUM 57 1159 PM 27 1994 43 14 28 1980 1969 AVERAGE 64 53 11 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.90 4.70 1998 0.18 0.72 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.10 0.87 0.23 T SINCE DEC 1 3.27 5.94 -2.67 25.92 SINCE JAN 1 1.10 0.87 0.23 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 1 13 -12 29 MONTH TO DATE 42 65 -23 117 SINCE DEC 1 457 397 60 474 SINCE JUL 1 575 596 -21 647 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 0 SINCE DEC 1 9 34 -25 7 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 78 1200 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1989 1982 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 6 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST JANUARY 7 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$