239 CDUS44 KLIX 300927 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 427 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 79 1134 PM 97 2011 91 -12 97 MINIMUM 77 1159 PM 63 1992 75 2 81 AVERAGE 78 83 -5 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 7.86R 7.86 2012 0.19 7.67 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 17.38 5.58 11.80 1.61 SINCE JUN 1 32.15 19.57 12.58 19.31 SINCE JAN 1 55.99 43.81 12.18 36.66 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 13 18 -5 24 MONTH TO DATE 513 522 -9 658 SINCE JUN 1 1620 1583 37 1869 SINCE JAN 1 2636 2202 434 2729 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 52 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 75 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 35.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 1200 AM LOWEST 91 200 AM AVERAGE 94 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 60 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2012........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2012........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$