164 CDUS44 KLIX 070718 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 218 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 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 95 425 PM 98 1990 92 3 94 MINIMUM 78 553 AM 70 1986 75 3 78 1984 1974 AVERAGE 87 83 4 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.80 1974 0.19 -0.19 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 1.18 -1.10 1.23 SINCE JUN 1 17.78 15.17 2.61 17.90 SINCE JAN 1 35.13 39.41 -4.28 37.43 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 18 4 21 MONTH TO DATE 138 108 30 136 SINCE JUN 1 1349 1169 180 1331 SINCE JAN 1 2209 1788 421 1979 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 200 AM LOWEST 46 400 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 96 1980 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 69 1975 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 7 2011........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT AUGUST 8 2011........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$