000 CDUS44 KLIX 240703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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 89 1020 AM 101 1981 91 -2 89 MINIMUM 74 1104 AM 67 1947 75 -1 74 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 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) 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 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1000 PM LOWEST 68 1000 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 67 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 24 2008..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT JULY 25 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. $$