252 CDUS44 KLIX 120717 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 116 AM CST WED DEC 12 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 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 50 1213 AM 82 1949 65 -15 54 MINIMUM 43 558 AM 26 1995 48 -5 45 AVERAGE 47 56 -9 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.03 1953 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.19 1.84 1.35 0.39 SINCE DEC 1 3.19 1.84 1.35 0.39 SINCE JAN 1 66.32 59.05 7.27 53.72 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 18 10 8 15 MONTH TO DATE 23 96 -73 130 SINCE DEC 1 23 96 -73 130 SINCE JUL 1 212 260 -48 281 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 22 11 11 18 SINCE DEC 1 22 11 11 18 SINCE JAN 1 3396 2989 407 3474 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 500 AM LOWEST 61 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1971 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2012......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 502 PM CST DECEMBER 13 2012......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 503 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$