023 CDUS44 KLIX 230702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 102 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 80 136 PM 82 2006 67 13 81 MINIMUM 55 525 AM 26 1978 49 6 64 AVERAGE 68 58 10 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.27 1980 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.65 4.28 0.37 1.46 SINCE DEC 1 7.76 14.76 -7.00 7.72 SINCE JAN 1 6.46 9.43 -2.97 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 0 8 -8 0 MONTH TO DATE 127 211 -84 294 SINCE DEC 1 563 903 -340 1132 SINCE JUL 1 714 1067 -353 1250 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 8 MONTH TO DATE 23 22 1 23 SINCE DEC 1 123 65 58 32 SINCE JAN 1 86 38 48 23 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 700 AM LOWEST 67 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 81 1982 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2012......SUNRISE 634 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2012......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$