138 CDUS44 KLIX 040729 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 127 AM CST WED JAN 4 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 51 335 PM 80 2000 62 -11 56 1989 MINIMUM 36 1159 PM 23 1979 45 -9 39 AVERAGE 44 53 -9 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.98 2009 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.47 -0.45 0.18 SINCE DEC 1 1.32 5.80 -4.48 2.35 SINCE JAN 1 0.02 0.47 -0.45 0.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 12 9 17 MONTH TO DATE 35 36 -1 36 SINCE DEC 1 286 353 -67 451 SINCE JUL 1 437 517 -80 569 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE DEC 1 37 30 7 9 SINCE JAN 1 0 3 -3 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 900 PM LOWEST 18 400 PM AVERAGE 39 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2012.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST JANUARY 5 2012.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$