323 CDUS44 KLIX 240708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 107 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 79 218 PM 81 1982 67 12 79 1962 MINIMUM 69 308 AM 26 1964 50 19 60 AVERAGE 74 58 16 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.06 1959 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.65 4.46 0.19 1.46 SINCE DEC 1 7.76 14.94 -7.18 7.72 SINCE JAN 1 6.46 9.61 -3.15 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 7 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 127 218 -91 294 SINCE DEC 1 563 910 -347 1132 SINCE JUL 1 714 1074 -360 1250 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 1 8 5 MONTH TO DATE 32 23 9 28 SINCE DEC 1 132 66 66 37 SINCE JAN 1 95 39 56 28 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 83 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 28 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2012......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2012......SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$