115 CDUS44 KLIX 130720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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 96 312 PM 99 2007 92 4 87 1951 MINIMUM 79 526 AM 67 1962 75 4 79 AVERAGE 88 83 5 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.71 1992 0.18 -0.18 1.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 2.31 -2.15 2.52 SINCE JUN 1 17.86 16.30 1.56 19.19 SINCE JAN 1 35.21 40.54 -5.33 38.72 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 23 18 5 18 MONTH TO DATE 275 216 59 261 SINCE JUN 1 1486 1277 209 1456 SINCE JAN 1 2346 1896 450 2104 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 500 AM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 68 2004 1989 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 13 2011........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT AUGUST 14 2011........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$