143 CDUS44 KLIX 290703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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 87 1116 AM 96 1953 85 2 93 MINIMUM 72 122 PM 51 1975 69 3 70 AVERAGE 80 77 3 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.32 1946 0.13 -0.05 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 2.05 4.72 -2.67 13.27 SINCE SEP 1 2.05 4.72 -2.67 13.27 SINCE JAN 1 59.27 48.93 10.34 49.93 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 15 12 3 17 MONTH TO DATE 448 420 28 385 SINCE SEP 1 448 420 28 385 SINCE JAN 1 3115 2666 449 3157 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 65 1100 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 94 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 45 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 29 2012.....SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 30 2012.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$