822 CDUS44 KLIX 180720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 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 70 250 PM 79 1990 64 6 60 1971 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 25 1960 47 3 49 AVERAGE 60 55 5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.77 2009 0.17 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 3.21 2.82 0.39 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 3.21 2.82 0.39 0.68 SINCE JAN 1 66.34 60.03 6.31 54.01 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 5 11 -6 10 MONTH TO DATE 67 157 -90 156 SINCE DEC 1 67 157 -90 156 SINCE JUL 1 256 321 -65 307 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 30 17 13 28 SINCE DEC 1 30 17 13 28 SINCE JAN 1 3404 2995 409 3484 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 63 400 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 79 2008 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 26 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2012......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST DECEMBER 19 2012......SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$