840 CDUS44 KLIX 180715 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 114 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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 67 248 PM 79 1974 61 6 58 MINIMUM 46 436 AM 23 1977 43 3 48 AVERAGE 57 52 5 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.95 1980 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.65 3.10 -1.45 0.96 SINCE DEC 1 3.82 8.17 -4.35 26.88 SINCE JAN 1 1.65 3.10 -1.45 0.96 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 8 13 -5 12 MONTH TO DATE 254 221 33 384 SINCE DEC 1 669 553 116 741 SINCE JUL 1 787 752 35 914 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 500 AM LOWEST 46 1100 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 22 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 18 2011.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST JANUARY 19 2011.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 527 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$