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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
110 AM CST THU FEB 16 2012


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...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         73   1215 PM  82    1989  65      8       70
  MINIMUM         50    219 AM  29    1960  48      2       44
  AVERAGE         62                        57      5       57

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.29          3.32 1956   0.21   0.08     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.23                      2.97  -0.74     1.46
  SINCE DEC 1      5.34                     13.45  -8.11     7.72
  SINCE JAN 1      4.04                      8.12  -4.08     5.55

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                         9     -6        8
  MONTH TO DATE  108                       153    -45      287
  SINCE DEC 1    544                       845   -301     1125
  SINCE JUL 1    695                      1009   -314     1243

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        15      3        0
  SINCE DEC 1    118                        58     60        9
  SINCE JAN 1     81                        31     50        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM
 LOWEST     64          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    79

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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        82      2001
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        29      1963


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 16 2012......SUNRISE   640 AM CST   SUNSET   550 PM CST
FEBRUARY 17 2012......SUNRISE   639 AM CST   SUNSET   551 PM CST


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




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