706 CDUS44 KLIX 280705 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 96 350 PM 99 1989 91 5 89 MINIMUM 78 607 AM 63 1966 75 3 74 AVERAGE 87 83 4 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.85 1991 0.18 -0.18 1.97 MONTH TO DATE 1.61 5.20 -3.59 7.89 SINCE JUN 1 19.31 19.19 0.12 24.56 SINCE JAN 1 36.66 43.43 -6.77 44.09 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 611 486 125 564 SINCE JUN 1 1822 1547 275 1759 SINCE JAN 1 2682 2166 516 2407 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 32 500 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 67 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2011........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2011........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$