310 CDUS44 KLIX 180720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 92 1033 AM 99 1995 91 1 86 MINIMUM 74 1125 AM 65 1963 75 -1 77 AVERAGE 83 83 0 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.81 1.81 2012 0.19 0.62 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 3.17 3.30 -0.13 3.75 SINCE JUN 1 15.69 17.29 -1.60 12.11 SINCE JAN 1 40.63 41.53 -0.90 46.84 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 18 18 0 17 MONTH TO DATE 330 306 24 337 SINCE JUN 1 1384 1367 17 1424 SINCE JAN 1 1907 1986 -79 1917 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 200 AM LOWEST 64 1000 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 67 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2014........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2014........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$