297 CDUS44 KLIX 130710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 109 AM CST THU JAN 13 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12 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 45 424 PM 80 1989 61 -16 58 1960 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM 17 1962 43 -12 29 AVERAGE 38 52 -14 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.84 1998 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.65 2.15 -0.50 0.23 SINCE DEC 1 3.82 7.22 -3.40 26.15 SINCE JAN 1 1.65 2.15 -0.50 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 27 13 14 21 MONTH TO DATE 160 156 4 311 SINCE DEC 1 575 488 87 668 SINCE JUL 1 693 687 6 841 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 0 SINCE DEC 1 9 41 -32 7 SINCE JAN 1 0 12 -12 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 63 600 AM LOWEST 27 400 PM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 82 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 15 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 13 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST JANUARY 14 2011.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$