445 CDUS44 KLIX 050720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 4 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 78 1246 PM 81 1957 63 15 43 MINIMUM 61 1146 PM 19 1970 46 15 36 AVERAGE 70 55 15 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 3.00 1992 0.20 0.08 0.47 MONTH TO DATE 0.66 0.78 -0.12 1.02 SINCE DEC 1 3.77 11.26 -7.49 7.28 SINCE JAN 1 2.47 5.93 -3.46 5.11 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 0 11 -11 25 MONTH TO DATE 0 44 -44 92 SINCE DEC 1 436 736 -300 930 SINCE JUL 1 587 900 -313 1048 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 1 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 4 14 0 SINCE DEC 1 118 47 71 9 SINCE JAN 1 81 20 61 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 69 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 79 2008 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 16 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 5 2012......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST FEBRUARY 6 2012......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$