418 CDUS44 KLIX 260731 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 121 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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 67 803 PM 82 1972 68 -1 58 MINIMUM 60 1159 PM 30 1968 50 10 51 1965 AVERAGE 64 59 5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.90R 1.67 1987 0.16 1.74 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.21 4.80 2.41 4.65 SINCE DEC 1 18.93 15.19 3.74 7.76 SINCE JAN 1 13.80 9.95 3.85 6.46 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 1 7 -6 10 MONTH TO DATE 172 232 -60 137 SINCE DEC 1 668 924 -256 573 SINCE JUL 1 857 1088 -231 724 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 25 -18 32 SINCE DEC 1 67 68 -1 132 SINCE JAN 1 32 41 -9 95 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 60 1100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 29 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2013......SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 2013......SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$