967 CDUS44 KLIX 200701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 101 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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 60 443 AM 81 1956 66 -6 76 MINIMUM 52 908 PM 31 1978 49 3 57 AVERAGE 56 58 -2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.70 1961 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.65 3.75 0.90 1.46 SINCE DEC 1 7.76 14.23 -6.47 7.72 SINCE JAN 1 6.46 8.90 -2.44 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 9 8 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 118 187 -69 294 SINCE DEC 1 554 879 -325 1132 SINCE JUL 1 705 1043 -338 1250 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 19 19 0 7 SINCE DEC 1 119 62 57 16 SINCE JAN 1 82 35 47 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 57 400 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 26 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 20 2012......SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST FEBRUARY 21 2012......SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$