300 CDUS44 KLIX 190703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 98R 231 PM 97 2000 91 7 90 1993 1981 MINIMUM 81 1159 PM 67 1967 75 6 79 AVERAGE 90 83 7 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.95 1988 0.19 -0.19 T MONTH TO DATE 0.92 3.49 -2.57 3.47 SINCE JUN 1 18.62 17.48 1.14 20.14 SINCE JAN 1 35.97 41.72 -5.75 39.67 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 25 18 7 20 MONTH TO DATE 408 324 84 380 SINCE JUN 1 1619 1385 234 1575 SINCE JAN 1 2479 2004 475 2223 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 45 1200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 1995 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 69 1992 1972 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2011........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2011........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$