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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
220 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2011


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...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         84    242 PM  91    1991  81      3       83       
  MINIMUM         66    515 AM  46    1976  64      2       68       
                                      1971                          
  AVERAGE         75                        72      3       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.84 1983   0.11  -0.11     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.35  -1.35     0.09    
  SINCE SEP 1     13.27                      6.40   6.87     0.42    
  SINCE JAN 1     49.93                     50.61  -0.68    48.35    
                                                                     
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       10                         8      2       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   96                       113    -17       87       
  SINCE SEP 1    506                       556    -50      605       
  SINCE JAN 1   3278                      2802    476     3075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        89      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        47      1977                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 13 2011.......SUNRISE   701 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 14 2011.......SUNRISE   702 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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