751 CDUS44 KLIX 172118 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 418 PM CDT THU SEP 17 2015 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 2015... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 89 304 PM 95 1995 87 2 89 MINIMUM 76 355 AM 63 1976 72 4 73 AVERAGE 83 80 3 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.03 2.73 1957 0.16 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.52 3.12 -1.60 2.69 SINCE SEP 1 1.52 3.12 -1.60 2.69 SINCE JAN 1 47.89 47.33 0.56 45.65 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 18 15 3 16 MONTH TO DATE 272 276 -4 316 SINCE SEP 1 272 276 -4 316 SINCE JAN 1 2901 2522 379 2500 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 500 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 94 1954 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 58 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 17 2015.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 704 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 18 2015.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$