061 CDUS44 KLIX 250727 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 226 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 24 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 87 303 PM 93 1980 86 1 90 1973 1951 MINIMUM 73 1157 PM 54 1994 70 3 76 AVERAGE 80 78 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.37 1946 0.14 -0.14 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 13.10 4.24 8.86 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 13.10 4.24 8.86 0.31 SINCE JAN 1 49.76 48.45 1.31 48.24 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 18 MONTH TO DATE 316 371 -55 450 SINCE SEP 1 316 371 -55 450 SINCE JAN 1 3088 2617 471 2920 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1100 PM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 93 1993 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 56 1990 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 25 2011.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 654 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 26 2011.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 653 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$