345 CDUS44 KLIX 080700 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 7 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 82 340 PM 94 1980 89 -7 93 1963 1951 MINIMUM 63R 511 AM 63 1984 74 -11 81 AVERAGE 73 82 -9 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.86 1974 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 11.05 1.37 9.68 0.22 SINCE SEP 1 11.05 1.37 9.68 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 47.71 45.58 2.13 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 8 17 -9 22 MONTH TO DATE 88 119 -31 127 SINCE SEP 1 88 119 -31 127 SINCE JAN 1 2860 2365 495 2597 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 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 73 500 AM LOWEST 35 1200 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 96 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 8 2011.....SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 9 2011.....SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$