610 CDUS44 KLIX 290701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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 97 336 PM 99 1998 91 6 80 MINIMUM 79 452 AM 67 1971 75 4 75 AVERAGE 88 83 5 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.72 1996 0.18 -0.18 0.69 MONTH TO DATE 1.61 5.38 -3.77 8.58 SINCE JUN 1 19.31 19.37 -0.06 25.25 SINCE JAN 1 36.66 43.61 -6.95 44.78 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 13 MONTH TO DATE 634 504 130 577 SINCE JUN 1 1845 1565 280 1772 SINCE JAN 1 2705 2184 521 2420 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 1000 PM LOWEST 34 400 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 96 1990 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 63 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2011........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT AUGUST 30 2011........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$