000
CDUS44 KLIX 072131
CLINEW


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
430 PM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008


 ...................................

...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 2008...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         85    108 PM  92    1990  82      3       87
  MINIMUM         74   1107 AM  45    1991  63     11       77
  AVERAGE         80                        73      7       82

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            1.23          1.98 1913   0.10   1.13     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    1.27                      0.79   0.48     0.55
  SINCE SEP 1     12.44                      6.34   6.10     2.67
  SINCE JAN 1     49.37                     51.74  -2.37    39.12

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           15                         8      7       17
  MONTH TO DATE   75                        61     14      104
  SINCE SEP 1    497                       474     23      614
  SINCE JAN 1   2801                      2561    240     2869
..................................................................


 WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  HEAVY RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    94           200 AM
 LOWEST     74           100 PM
 AVERAGE    84

 ..........................................................


THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        91      1962
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        40      1964


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  7 2008.......SUNRISE   658 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT
OCTOBER  8 2008.......SUNRISE   659 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




 $$