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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
202 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012


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...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         83    110 PM  91    1980  80      3       85
  MINIMUM         68    633 AM  43    1977  62      6       60
  AVERAGE         76                        71      5       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.10 1950   0.11  -0.11     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.88  -1.88      T
  SINCE SEP 1      3.03                      6.85  -3.82    13.27
  SINCE JAN 1     60.25                     51.06   9.19    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                         4     -4        0
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         4     -4        0
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         4     -4        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       11                         7      4        8
  MONTH TO DATE  138                       149    -11      138
  SINCE SEP 1    612                       592     20      548
  SINCE JAN 1   3279                      2838    441     3320
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93          1100 PM
 LOWEST     58          1000 AM
 AVERAGE    76

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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        88      1979
                                             1946
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        44      1991
                                             1977


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 18 2012.......SUNRISE   705 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 PM CDT
OCTOBER 19 2012.......SUNRISE   706 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 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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