464 CDUS44 KLIX 230723 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 123 AM CST WED FEB 23 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 81 1245 PM 82 2006 67 14 73 MINIMUM 64 1116 PM 26 1978 48 16 51 AVERAGE 73 57 16 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.27 1980 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.46 4.35 -2.89 5.89 SINCE DEC 1 7.72 15.29 -7.57 34.05 SINCE JAN 1 5.55 10.22 -4.67 8.13 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 9 -9 3 MONTH TO DATE 294 238 56 364 SINCE DEC 1 1132 973 159 1234 SINCE JUL 1 1250 1172 78 1407 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 1 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 23 13 10 0 SINCE DEC 1 32 54 -22 13 SINCE JAN 1 23 25 -2 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 51 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 81 1982 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2011......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2011......SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$