259 CDUS44 KLIX 040727 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 227 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 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 96 1212 PM 98 2009 91 5 88 1970 1969 MINIMUM 77 1138 PM 67 1966 74 3 78 AVERAGE 87 82 5 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.48 1.38 2006 0.22 0.26 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.66 -0.17 0.32 SINCE JUN 1 5.19 7.49 -2.30 10.32 SINCE JAN 1 22.54 33.71 -11.17 29.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 22 17 5 18 MONTH TO DATE 70 51 19 54 SINCE JUN 1 678 517 161 635 SINCE JAN 1 1538 1066 472 1283 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 500 AM LOWEST 44 1200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 66 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 4 2011..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT JULY 5 2011..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$