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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
216 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012


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...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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         80    308 PM  88    1979  80      0       86
                                      1946
  MINIMUM         66   1159 PM  44    1991  62      4       55
                                      1977
  AVERAGE         73                        71      2       71

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.40          1.71 1980   0.11   0.29     0.20
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      1.99  -1.59     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      3.43                      6.96  -3.53    13.47
  SINCE JAN 1     60.65                     51.17   9.48    50.13

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                         5     -5        0
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         5     -5        0
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         5     -5        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        8                         6      2        6
  MONTH TO DATE  146                       155     -9      144
  SINCE SEP 1    620                       598     22      554
  SINCE JAN 1   3287                      2844    443     3326
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    94           400 AM
 LOWEST     33           200 PM
 AVERAGE    64

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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        89      1993
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        44      1967


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 19 2012.......SUNRISE   706 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 PM CDT
OCTOBER 20 2012.......SUNRISE   707 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 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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