795 CDUS44 KLIX 230720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22 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 1240 PM 95 1997 86 3 92 MINIMUM 71 152 PM 56 1983 71 0 79 AVERAGE 80 78 2 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.36 2.61 1946 0.16 0.20 T MONTH TO DATE 13.10 3.95 9.15 0.24 SINCE SEP 1 13.10 3.95 9.15 0.24 SINCE JAN 1 49.76 48.16 1.60 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 15 13 2 21 MONTH TO DATE 285 345 -60 413 SINCE SEP 1 285 345 -60 413 SINCE JAN 1 3057 2591 466 2883 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 900 PM LOWEST 56 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 94 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 55 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 23 2011.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 24 2011.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 655 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$