413 CDUS44 KLIX 160720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 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 75 1238 PM 83 1971 64 11 77 MINIMUM 59 326 AM 25 1985 47 12 65 AVERAGE 67 56 11 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.71 2009 0.16 -0.16 0.23 MONTH TO DATE 3.19 2.49 0.70 0.62 SINCE DEC 1 3.19 2.49 0.70 0.62 SINCE JAN 1 66.32 59.70 6.62 53.95 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 10 -10 0 MONTH TO DATE 62 136 -74 146 SINCE DEC 1 62 136 -74 146 SINCE JUL 1 251 300 -49 297 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 6 MONTH TO DATE 24 15 9 25 SINCE DEC 1 24 15 9 25 SINCE JAN 1 3398 2993 405 3481 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 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 87 900 PM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 84 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 23 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2012......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST DECEMBER 17 2012......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$