530 CDUS44 KLIX 090708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 208 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 8 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 94 239 PM 98 2000 91 3 92 MINIMUM 77 333 AM 64 1972 74 3 78 AVERAGE 86 82 4 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.38 4.32 1996 0.21 0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 1.73 -0.84 1.59 SINCE JUN 1 5.59 8.56 -2.97 11.59 SINCE JAN 1 22.94 34.78 -11.84 31.12 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 21 17 4 20 MONTH TO DATE 172 136 36 145 SINCE JUN 1 780 602 178 726 SINCE JAN 1 1640 1151 489 1374 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 500 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 65 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 9 2011..........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT JULY 10 2011..........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$