794 CDUS44 KLIX 220801 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 1240 AM 80 2011 67 5 75 2008 2005 MINIMUM 50 1153 PM 31 1978 49 1 55 AVERAGE 61 58 3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.77 4.75 1961 0.18 0.59 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 3.62 4.10 -0.48 3.57 SINCE DEC 1 9.54 14.49 -4.95 15.29 SINCE JAN 1 6.34 9.25 -2.91 10.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE DEC 1 T SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 8 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 212 203 9 155 SINCE DEC 1 1099 895 204 651 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1059 240 840 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 24 21 3 7 SINCE DEC 1 66 64 2 67 SINCE JAN 1 24 37 -13 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 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 97 200 AM LOWEST 27 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 82 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 26 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2014......SUNRISE 634 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2014......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$