702 CDUS44 KLIX 090704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 8 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 82 417 PM 96 1980 89 -7 92 MINIMUM 66 602 AM 62 1950 74 -8 76 AVERAGE 74 82 -8 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.04 2000 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 11.05 1.56 9.49 0.22 SINCE SEP 1 11.05 1.56 9.49 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 47.71 45.77 1.94 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 19 MONTH TO DATE 97 136 -39 146 SINCE SEP 1 97 136 -39 146 SINCE JAN 1 2869 2382 487 2616 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 600 AM LOWEST 39 1200 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 98 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 9 2011.....SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 10 2011.....SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$