427 CDUS44 KLIX 040717 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 116 AM CST FRI JAN 4 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 49 420 PM 80 2000 62 -13 51 1989 MINIMUM 41 830 AM 23 1979 45 -4 36 AVERAGE 45 53 -8 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.24 4.98 2009 0.17 0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.53 0.49 0.04 0.02 SINCE DEC 1 5.66 5.73 -0.07 1.32 SINCE JAN 1 0.53 0.49 0.04 0.02 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 20 12 8 21 MONTH TO DATE 36 36 0 35 SINCE DEC 1 255 353 -98 286 SINCE JUL 1 444 517 -73 437 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 3 -2 0 SINCE DEC 1 36 30 6 37 SINCE JAN 1 1 3 -2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2013.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST JANUARY 5 2013.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$