986 CDUS44 KLIX 220705 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 21 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 89 205 PM 95 2005 86 3 92 1980 MINIMUM 72 610 AM 59 1983 71 1 74 1981 AVERAGE 81 79 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1947 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 12.74 3.79 8.95 0.24 SINCE SEP 1 12.74 3.79 8.95 0.24 SINCE JAN 1 49.40 48.00 1.40 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 16 14 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 270 332 -62 392 SINCE SEP 1 270 332 -62 392 SINCE JAN 1 3042 2578 464 2862 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 47 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 56 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 22 2011.....SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 658 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 23 2011.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$