204 CDUS44 KLIX 090710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 210 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 1032 AM 97 1962 92 -1 93 MINIMUM 75 1155 AM 69 1990 75 0 78 1985 1975 AVERAGE 83 83 0 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.56 3.06 1969 0.19 0.37 T MONTH TO DATE 2.40 1.57 0.83 0.14 SINCE JUN 1 17.17 15.56 1.61 17.84 SINCE JAN 1 41.01 39.80 1.21 35.19 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 18 18 0 21 MONTH TO DATE 157 144 13 182 SINCE JUN 1 1264 1205 59 1393 SINCE JAN 1 2280 1824 456 2253 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 400 AM LOWEST 68 800 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 97 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 64 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2012........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2012........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$