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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
120 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013


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...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         60   1215 AM  85    1972  68     -8       64       
  MINIMUM         46    702 AM  29    1965  50     -4       50       
  AVERAGE         53                        59     -6       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.35 1966   0.17  -0.17      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    7.21                      4.97   2.24     4.65    
  SINCE DEC 1     18.93                     15.36   3.57     7.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.80                     10.12   3.68     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       12                         7      5        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  184                       239    -55      145       
  SINCE DEC 1    680                       931   -251      581       
  SINCE JUL 1    869                      1095   -226      732       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                        26    -19       32       
  SINCE DEC 1     67                        69     -2      132       
  SINCE JAN 1     32                        42    -10       95       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     50           200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        83      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        24      1974                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 27 2013......SUNRISE   629 AM CST   SUNSET   559 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 28 2013......SUNRISE   628 AM CST   SUNSET   600 PM CST   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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