381 CDUS44 KLIX 050710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 210 AM CDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 91 349 PM 98 1951 92 -1 96 MINIMUM 73 742 AM 67 1974 75 -2 81 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.55 1.57 1981 0.20 1.35 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.57 0.79 0.78 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 16.34 14.78 1.56 17.70 SINCE JAN 1 40.18 39.02 1.16 35.05 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 17 18 -1 24 MONTH TO DATE 82 72 10 93 SINCE JUN 1 1189 1133 56 1304 SINCE JAN 1 2205 1752 453 2164 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 100 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 67 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2012........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT AUGUST 6 2012........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$