745 CDUS44 KLIX 180707 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 107 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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 53 451 PM 79 1974 62 -9 78 MINIMUM 38 704 AM 23 1977 44 -6 63 AVERAGE 46 53 -7 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.95 1980 0.16 -0.16 0.28 MONTH TO DATE 5.73 2.78 2.95 0.31 SINCE DEC 1 10.86 8.02 2.84 1.61 SINCE JAN 1 5.73 2.78 2.95 0.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 12 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 179 204 -25 129 SINCE DEC 1 398 521 -123 380 SINCE JUL 1 587 685 -98 531 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 16 12 4 18 SINCE DEC 1 51 39 12 55 SINCE JAN 1 16 12 4 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 46 400 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 22 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 18 2013.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST JANUARY 19 2013.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 527 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$