493 CDUS44 KLIX 050720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 85 214 PM 92 1986 83 2 81 1954 MINIMUM 66 500 AM 49 1974 67 -1 54 AVERAGE 76 75 1 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.87 2009 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.46 -0.46 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 3.03 5.43 -2.40 13.27 SINCE JAN 1 60.25 49.64 10.61 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 11 10 1 3 MONTH TO DATE 29 42 -13 15 SINCE SEP 1 503 485 18 425 SINCE JAN 1 3170 2731 439 3197 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1986 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 46 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2012.......SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2012.......SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$