142 CDUS44 KLIX 182250 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 450 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2020 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 2020... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1946 TO 2020 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 81R 2:13 PM 81 1956 66 15 61 1975 2000 MINIMUM 67 12:00 AM 29 1958 49 18 52 AVERAGE 74 57 17 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 3.79 1988 0.20 M0.20 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 2.69 3.56 M0.87 1.85 SINCE DEC 1 9.93 13.95 M4.02 11.58 SINCE JAN 1 7.10 8.71 M1.61 6.25 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 8 M8 8 MONTH TO DATE 74 179 M105 66 SINCE DEC 1 473 871 M398 621 SINCE JUL 1 648 1035 M387 819 COOLING TODAY 9 1 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 50 18 32 43 SINCE DEC 1 137 61 76 85 SINCE JAN 1 101 34 67 49 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 10:00 AM LOWEST 65 2:00 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 2018 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 31 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2020......SUNRISE 6:38 AM CST SUNSET 5:52 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2020......SUNRISE 6:37 AM CST SUNSET 5:53 PM CST M INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$