000 CDUS44 KLIX 232121 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 421 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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 89 MM 101 1981 91 -2 89 MINIMUM 74 MM 67 1947 75 -1 74 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.74 2.73 1985 0.19 0.55 T MONTH TO DATE 2.37 4.68 -2.31 2.95 SINCE JUN 1 6.62 11.51 -4.89 11.59 SINCE JAN 1 28.85 37.73 -8.88 31.06 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 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 JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 17 18 -1 17 MONTH TO DATE 433 394 39 405 SINCE JUN 1 949 860 89 901 SINCE JAN 1 1595 1409 186 1496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 68 1000 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 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. $$