172 CDUS44 KLIX 250720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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 88 223 PM 94 2005 87 1 91 MINIMUM 72 215 AM 56 1967 70 2 76 AVERAGE 80 78 2 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.04 1973 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.98 3.39 -2.41 0.60 SINCE MAR 1 16.52 12.55 3.97 11.43 SINCE JAN 1 23.05 23.00 0.05 17.17 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 22 170 -148 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1279 -513 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 13 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 330 261 69 268 SINCE MAR 1 783 481 302 662 SINCE JAN 1 894 518 376 732 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 94 2010 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 58 1985 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 25 2012...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT MAY 26 2012...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$