685 CDUS44 KLIX 180702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 102 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 76 232 PM 80 2000 66 10 54 MINIMUM 55 206 AM 28 1996 46 9 33 1980 AVERAGE 66 56 10 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.67 1992 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.46 3.40 -1.94 5.56 SINCE DEC 1 7.72 14.34 -6.62 33.72 SINCE JAN 1 5.55 9.27 -3.72 7.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE DEC 1 T SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 10 -10 21 MONTH TO DATE 294 191 103 308 SINCE DEC 1 1132 926 206 1178 SINCE JUL 1 1250 1125 125 1351 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 8 -7 0 SINCE DEC 1 10 49 -39 13 SINCE JAN 1 1 20 -19 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 53 1100 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 81 2000 1975 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 29 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2011......SUNRISE 638 AM CST SUNSET 552 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2011......SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$