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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
203 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012


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...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         81    200 PM  90    1980  80      1       87
                                      1947
  MINIMUM         65    631 AM  45    1987  63      2       61
  AVERAGE         73                        71      2       74

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.30 1975   0.11  -0.11     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.77  -1.77      T
  SINCE SEP 1      3.03                      6.74  -3.71    13.27
  SINCE JAN 1     60.25                     50.95   9.30    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                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        0
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         3     -3        0
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         3     -3        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        8                         7      1        9
  MONTH TO DATE  127                       142    -15      130
  SINCE SEP 1    601                       585     16      540
  SINCE JAN 1   3268                      2831    437     3312
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    68           400 AM
 LOWEST     39          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    54

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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        91      1980
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        43      1977


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 17 2012.......SUNRISE   704 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT
OCTOBER 18 2012.......SUNRISE   705 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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