380 CDUS44 KLIX 160736 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 232 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15 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 90 248 PM 96 1980 88 2 87 MINIMUM 75 607 AM 54 1964 73 2 71 AVERAGE 83 80 3 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.18 1994 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.20 2.80 -2.60 11.05 SINCE SEP 1 0.20 2.80 -2.60 11.05 SINCE JAN 1 57.42 47.01 10.41 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 18 15 3 14 MONTH TO DATE 269 246 23 188 SINCE SEP 1 269 246 23 188 SINCE JAN 1 2936 2492 444 2960 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 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 82 400 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 96 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 63 1969 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 16 2012.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 704 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 17 2012.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$