677 CDUS44 KLIX 120704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT MON SEP 12 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11 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 88 403 PM 98 1980 89 -1 94 MINIMUM 66 424 AM 57 1969 73 -7 79 AVERAGE 77 81 -4 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.64 1998 0.18 -0.18 T MONTH TO DATE 11.05 2.12 8.93 0.22 SINCE SEP 1 11.05 2.12 8.93 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 47.71 46.33 1.38 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 12 16 -4 22 MONTH TO DATE 127 184 -57 207 SINCE SEP 1 127 184 -57 207 SINCE JAN 1 2899 2430 469 2677 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 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 81 400 AM LOWEST 30 500 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 94 2010 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 57 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 12 2011.....SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 13 2011.....SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 709 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$