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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
216 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2011


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...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         96    401 PM  99    1980  91      5       96
  MINIMUM         79    515 AM  68    1961  75      4       78
  AVERAGE         88                        83      5       87

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.35 2009   0.20  -0.20     0.02
  MONTH TO DATE    0.93                      4.08  -3.15     4.14
  SINCE JUN 1     18.63                     18.07   0.56    20.81
  SINCE JAN 1     35.98                     42.31  -6.33    40.34

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       22
  MONTH TO DATE  476                       378     98      443
  SINCE JUN 1   1687                      1439    248     1638
  SINCE JAN 1   2547                      2058    489     2286
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    85           100 AM
 LOWEST     42           300 PM
 AVERAGE    64

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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       102      1980
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        66      1956


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 22 2011........SUNRISE   632 AM CDT   SUNSET   735 PM CDT
AUGUST 23 2011........SUNRISE   633 AM CDT   SUNSET   734 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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