000 CDUS44 KLIX 230713 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 212 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 22 2008... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 93 1059 AM 99 1981 91 2 88 MINIMUM 77 1013 PM 68 1972 75 2 78 AVERAGE 85 83 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.92 1965 0.19 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.63 4.49 -2.86 2.95 SINCE JUN 1 5.88 11.32 -5.44 11.59 SINCE JAN 1 28.11 37.54 -9.43 31.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 20 18 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 416 376 40 388 SINCE JUN 1 932 842 90 884 SINCE JAN 1 1578 1391 187 1479 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 100 AM LOWEST 52 1100 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 67 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 23 2008..........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT JULY 24 2008..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$