746 CDUS44 KLIX 140724 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 221 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 13 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 94 115 PM 99 1951 91 3 85 MINIMUM 79 358 AM 68 2004 75 4 78 1989 1967 AVERAGE 87 83 4 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.45 2.16 2008 0.20 0.25 0.40 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 2.51 -1.90 2.92 SINCE JUN 1 18.31 16.50 1.81 19.59 SINCE JAN 1 35.66 40.74 -5.08 39.12 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 22 18 4 17 MONTH TO DATE 297 234 63 278 SINCE JUN 1 1508 1295 213 1473 SINCE JAN 1 2368 1914 454 2121 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 64 500 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 64 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 14 2011........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT AUGUST 15 2011........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$