502 CDUS44 KLIX 060704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 103 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 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 74 211 PM 78 2009 62 12 70 1955 MINIMUM 50 1244 AM 27 1994 45 5 57 1980 1969 AVERAGE 62 53 9 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.70 1998 0.16 -0.16 0.90 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.79 -0.77 1.10 SINCE DEC 1 1.32 6.12 -4.80 3.27 SINCE JAN 1 0.02 0.79 -0.77 1.10 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 3 12 -9 1 MONTH TO DATE 54 60 -6 42 SINCE DEC 1 305 377 -72 457 SINCE JUL 1 456 541 -85 575 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 0 SINCE DEC 1 37 32 5 9 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 49 400 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1989 1982 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 23 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 6 2012.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST JANUARY 7 2012.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$