139 CDUS44 KLIX 050704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 4 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 93 1258 PM 98 1970 91 2 94 MINIMUM 74 159 PM 66 1947 75 -1 77 AVERAGE 84 83 1 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.33 1.43 1987 0.22 0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.89 -0.56 0.49 SINCE JUN 1 3.51 8.95 -5.44 5.19 SINCE JAN 1 27.35 33.19 -5.84 22.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 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 JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 19 18 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 82 72 10 91 SINCE JUN 1 615 567 48 699 SINCE JAN 1 1631 1186 445 1559 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 300 AM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 97 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 68 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2012..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT JULY 6 2012..........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$