830 CDUS44 KLIX 210702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 102 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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 63 339 PM 82 1971 66 -3 77 MINIMUM 48 643 AM 26 1978 49 -1 57 AVERAGE 56 58 -2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.85 1979 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.65 3.92 0.73 1.46 SINCE DEC 1 7.76 14.40 -6.64 7.72 SINCE JAN 1 6.46 9.07 -2.61 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 127 195 -68 294 SINCE DEC 1 563 887 -324 1132 SINCE JUL 1 714 1051 -337 1250 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 19 20 -1 9 SINCE DEC 1 119 63 56 18 SINCE JAN 1 82 36 46 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 500 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 80 2011 2008 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 31 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 21 2012......SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST FEBRUARY 22 2012......SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$