927 CDUS44 KLIX 080708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 207 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 7 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 91 328 PM 94 1980 89 2 82 1963 1951 MINIMUM 77 1159 PM 63 2011 74 3 63 1984 AVERAGE 84 82 2 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.86 1974 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.35 -1.35 11.05 SINCE SEP 1 T 1.35 -1.35 11.05 SINCE JAN 1 57.22 45.56 11.66 47.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 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 SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 8 MONTH TO DATE 141 119 22 88 SINCE SEP 1 141 119 22 88 SINCE JAN 1 2808 2365 443 2860 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 96 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 8 2012.....SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 9 2012.....SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$