732 CDUS44 KLIX 220703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 83 300 PM 90 1979 79 4 74 MINIMUM 55 623 AM 36 1964 61 -6 48 AVERAGE 69 70 -1 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.41 1990 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 2.34 -1.94 0.20 SINCE SEP 1 3.43 7.31 -3.88 13.47 SINCE JAN 1 60.65 51.52 9.13 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 12 SINCE SEP 1 0 8 -8 12 SINCE JUL 1 0 8 -8 12 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 6 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 157 173 -16 146 SINCE SEP 1 631 616 15 556 SINCE JAN 1 3298 2862 436 3328 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 88 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2012.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 622 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2012.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$