064 CDUS44 KLIX 040720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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 85 122 PM 92 2004 83 2 78 MINIMUM 63 354 AM 45 1984 67 -4 55 AVERAGE 74 75 -1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.54 2002 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.34 -0.34 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 3.03 5.31 -2.28 13.27 SINCE JAN 1 60.25 49.52 10.73 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 9 10 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 18 32 -14 12 SINCE SEP 1 492 475 17 422 SINCE JAN 1 3159 2721 438 3194 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1986 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 49 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2012.......SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 5 2012.......SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$