941 CDUS44 KLIX 040710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 3 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 84 101 PM 97 1947 90 -6 91 MINIMUM 76 527 AM 67 1987 75 1 73 1954 AVERAGE 80 82 -2 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 6.25R 2.70 1948 0.20 6.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.28 0.60 7.68 0.22 SINCE SEP 1 8.28 0.60 7.68 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 44.94 44.81 0.13 48.15 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 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 SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 17 -2 17 MONTH TO DATE 49 51 -2 52 SINCE SEP 1 49 51 -2 52 SINCE JAN 1 2821 2297 524 2522 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 300 AM LOWEST 79 100 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 99 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 62 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 4 2011.....SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 5 2011.....SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 719 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$