061 CDUS44 KLIX 070720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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 74 216 PM 81 1998 66 8 65 1995 1951 MINIMUM 62 743 AM 32 1990 49 13 45 1962 1950 AVERAGE 68 57 11 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.79 1989 0.16 -0.16 0.20 MONTH TO DATE 2.86 0.99 1.87 0.38 SINCE DEC 1 2.86 0.99 1.87 0.38 SINCE JAN 1 65.99 58.20 7.79 53.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 9 -9 10 MONTH TO DATE 2 50 -48 38 SINCE DEC 1 2 50 -48 38 SINCE JUL 1 191 214 -23 189 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 6 8 18 SINCE DEC 1 14 6 8 18 SINCE JAN 1 3388 2984 404 3474 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 68 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 83 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 26 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2012......SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 501 PM CST DECEMBER 8 2012......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 501 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$