586 CDUS44 KLIX 260702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 25 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 92 1254 PM 98 2005 92 0 85 MINIMUM 77 143 PM 70 1984 75 2 74 1974 1966 AVERAGE 85 83 2 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 2.34 2011 0.17 -0.08 2.34 MONTH TO DATE 10.71 4.85 5.86 6.67 SINCE JUN 1 13.89 12.91 0.98 11.37 SINCE JAN 1 37.73 37.15 0.58 28.72 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 20 18 2 15 MONTH TO DATE 456 450 6 489 SINCE JUN 1 989 945 44 1097 SINCE JAN 1 2005 1564 441 1957 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 300 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 96 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 68 1991 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 26 2012..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT JULY 27 2012..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$