259 CDUS44 KLIX 220704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 88 1009 AM 99 1980 91 -3 88 MINIMUM 75 418 PM 68 1961 75 0 73 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.74 3.35 2009 0.20 1.54 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.44 4.09 2.35 7.60 SINCE JUN 1 14.80 18.08 -3.28 22.37 SINCE JAN 1 49.53 42.32 7.21 46.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 18 -1 16 MONTH TO DATE 398 378 20 384 SINCE JUN 1 1485 1439 46 1491 SINCE JAN 1 1978 2058 -80 2508 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 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 HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 100 AM LOWEST 68 1000 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 102 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 66 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2013........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2013........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$