095 CDUS44 KLIX 310705 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 96 323 PM 101 2000 90 6 90 MINIMUM 76 333 AM 60 1968 75 1 77 AVERAGE 86 83 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.14 1981 0.20 -0.20 0.86 MONTH TO DATE 1.61 5.78 -4.17 11.18 SINCE JUN 1 19.31 19.77 -0.46 27.85 SINCE JAN 1 36.66 44.01 -7.35 47.38 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 21 18 3 19 MONTH TO DATE 679 540 139 611 SINCE JUN 1 1890 1601 289 1806 SINCE JAN 1 2750 2220 530 2454 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 400 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 98 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 62 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2011........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2011.....SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$