385 CDUS44 KLIX 080720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 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 71 305 PM 83 1982 62 9 62 MINIMUM 40 447 AM 23 1970 43 -3 33 AVERAGE 56 53 3 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.77 1997 0.18 -0.18 0.23 MONTH TO DATE 1.10 1.23 -0.13 0.23 SINCE DEC 1 3.27 6.30 -3.03 26.15 SINCE JAN 1 1.10 1.23 -0.13 0.23 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 9 13 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 62 91 -29 160 SINCE DEC 1 477 423 54 517 SINCE JUL 1 595 622 -27 690 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 0 SINCE DEC 1 9 36 -27 7 SINCE JAN 1 0 7 -7 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 400 AM LOWEST 25 200 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 17 1970 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST JANUARY 9 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$