646 CDUS44 KLIX 050712 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 110 AM CST SAT FEB 5 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 43 205 PM 81 1957 63 -20 56 MINIMUM 36 1159 PM 19 1970 44 -8 49 AVERAGE 40 54 -14 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.47 3.00 1992 0.20 0.27 2.36 MONTH TO DATE 1.02 0.80 0.22 2.64 SINCE DEC 1 7.28 11.74 -4.46 30.80 SINCE JAN 1 5.11 6.67 -1.56 4.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE T SINCE DEC 1 T SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 12 13 12 MONTH TO DATE 92 48 44 55 SINCE DEC 1 930 783 147 925 SINCE JUL 1 1048 982 66 1098 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 9 41 -32 13 SINCE JAN 1 0 12 -12 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 AM LOWEST 82 600 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 79 2008 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 16 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 5 2011......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST FEBRUARY 6 2011......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$