870 CDUS44 KLIX 050713 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 4 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 82 233 AM 99 2000 90 -8 87 MINIMUM 75 322 AM 62 1952 75 0 75 AVERAGE 79 82 -3 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.68 5.39 1971 0.20 2.48 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 10.96 0.80 10.16 0.22 SINCE SEP 1 10.96 0.80 10.16 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 47.62 45.01 2.61 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 14 17 -3 16 MONTH TO DATE 63 68 -5 68 SINCE SEP 1 63 68 -5 68 SINCE JAN 1 2835 2314 521 2538 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 200 PM LOWEST 79 1200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 97 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 61 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 5 2011.....SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 719 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 6 2011.....SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$