645 CDUS44 KLIX 040820 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 218 AM CST MON JAN 4 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55 352 PM 80 2000 62 -7 77 1989 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 23 1979 45 -1 65 AVERAGE 50 53 -3 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.98 2009 0.17 -0.17 1.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.59 0.49 0.10 1.13 SINCE DEC 1 7.05 5.73 1.32 5.09 SINCE JAN 1 0.59 0.49 0.10 1.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 12 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 36 8 13 SINCE DEC 1 160 353 -193 226 SINCE JUL 1 218 517 -299 456 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 8 SINCE DEC 1 111 30 81 39 SINCE JAN 1 0 3 -3 8 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 1100 PM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2016.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST JANUARY 5 2016.......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$