424 CDUS44 KLIX 010820 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 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 70 920 PM 81 1973 62 8 60 MINIMUM 50 1232 AM 23 1983 45 5 55 AVERAGE 60 54 6 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.57R 2.17 1954 0.17 2.40 T MONTH TO DATE 7.86 5.24 2.62 6.46 SINCE DEC 1 7.86 5.24 2.62 6.46 SINCE JAN 1 70.74 62.45 8.29 71.34 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 12 -7 7 MONTH TO DATE 219 318 -99 116 SINCE DEC 1 219 317 -98 116 SINCE JUL 1 290 481 -191 174 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 55 27 28 111 SINCE DEC 1 55 27 28 111 SINCE JAN 1 3890 3005 885 3603 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 PM LOWEST 52 1200 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 21 1984 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 1 2017.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 513 PM CST JANUARY 2 2017.......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 513 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$