160 CDUS44 KLIX 200720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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 85 226 PM 94 2005 87 -2 91 MINIMUM 73 1159 PM 56 1961 71 2 76 AVERAGE 79 79 0 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.69R 1.56 1947 0.16 1.53 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 12.74 3.48 9.26 0.24 SINCE SEP 1 12.74 3.48 9.26 0.24 SINCE JAN 1 49.40 47.69 1.71 48.17 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 14 0 19 MONTH TO DATE 241 304 -63 356 SINCE SEP 1 241 304 -63 356 SINCE JAN 1 3013 2550 463 2826 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 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 93 1000 PM LOWEST 69 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 52 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 20 2011.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 21 2011.....SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$