452 CDUS44 KLIX 310710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 210 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 82 656 PM 101 2000 90 -8 96 MINIMUM 74 240 PM 60 1968 75 -1 76 AVERAGE 78 83 -5 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.21 2.14 1981 0.20 1.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 18.59 5.78 12.81 1.61 SINCE JUN 1 33.36 19.77 13.59 19.31 SINCE JAN 1 57.20 44.01 13.19 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 21 MONTH TO DATE 526 540 -14 679 SINCE JUN 1 1633 1601 32 1890 SINCE JAN 1 2649 2220 429 2750 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 85 400 AM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 98 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 62 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2012........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2012.....SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$