503 CDUS44 KLIX 060702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 5 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 80 218 PM 97 2000 90 -10 89 MINIMUM 68 1159 PM 61 1952 74 -6 75 AVERAGE 74 82 -8 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 4.98 1977 0.19 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 11.05 0.99 10.06 0.22 SINCE SEP 1 11.05 0.99 10.06 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 47.71 45.20 2.51 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 9 17 -8 17 MONTH TO DATE 72 85 -13 85 SINCE SEP 1 72 85 -13 85 SINCE JAN 1 2844 2331 513 2555 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 700 AM LOWEST 60 400 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 93 2007 1999 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 6 2011.....SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 7 2011.....SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$