031 CDUS44 KLIX 070720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST TUE FEB 7 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 6 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 62 333 PM 79 1974 64 -2 63 MINIMUM 51 740 AM 28 1984 46 5 32 AVERAGE 57 55 2 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.49 1967 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.66 1.16 -0.50 1.02 SINCE DEC 1 3.77 11.64 -7.87 7.28 SINCE JAN 1 2.47 6.31 -3.84 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 8 11 -3 17 MONTH TO DATE 11 66 -55 133 SINCE DEC 1 447 758 -311 971 SINCE JUL 1 598 922 -324 1089 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 6 12 0 SINCE DEC 1 118 49 69 9 SINCE JAN 1 81 22 59 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 100 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 80 1999 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 25 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 7 2012......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST FEBRUARY 8 2012......SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 544 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$