PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
NEW ORLEANS INTL AIRPORT - DECEMBER 1997

*PLEASE NOTE* This is preliminary data.
For official climate records, please contact the National Climatic Data Center. Thank you!



                                   HDD   CDD
     DAY   MAX   MIN   AVG   DEP   (BASE 65)    PRECIP
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       1    64    43    54   -3     11     0     0.00
       2    69    52    61    4      4     0     0.00
       3    76    59    68   11      0     3     0.25
       4    59    43    51   -6     14     0     0.00
       5    56    38    47  -10     18     0     0.00
       6    53    39    46  -10     19     0     0.00
       7    51    37    44  -12     21     0     0.02
       8    74    45    60    4      5     0     0.33
       9    80    62    71   15      0     6    TRACE
      10    74    48    61    5      4     0     0.00
      11    48    44    46  -10     19     0    TRACE
      12    46    40    43  -12     22     0     0.05
      13    45    40    43  -12     22     0     0.01
      14    42    38    40  -15     25     0     0.00
      15    55    33    44  -11     21     0     0.00
      16    61    33    47   -8     18     0     0.00
      17    71    41    56    2      9     0     0.00
      18    72    40    56    2      9     0     0.00
      19    75    49    62    9      3     0     0.00
      20    68    50    59    6      6     0     0.04
      21    72    53    63   10      2     0     0.37
      22    70    45    58    5      7     0     0.00
      23    68    56    62    9      3     0     0.46
      24    71    48    60    7      5     0     0.78
      25    65    41    53    0     12     0     0.00
      26    58    46    52   -1     13     0     0.24
      27    51    40    46   -7     19     0    TRACE
      28    55    31    43   -9     22     0     0.00
      29    52    41    47   -5     18     0     0.00
      30    61    33    47   -5     18     0     0.00
      31    56    46    51   -1     14     0     0.00
     SUM  1918  1354
     AVG  61.9  43.7
===================================================================
      *TEMPERATURE DATA*              *PRECIPITATION DATA* 
      ------------------              --------------------
    AVERAGE MONTHLY: 52.8             MONTHLY TOTAL:   2.55
          DEPARTURE: -1.7                 DEPARTURE:  -3.20
      HIGHEST: 80 ON: 9
       LOWEST: 31 ON: 28
                                 GREATEST in 24 HRS:   0.78 on 24
                                 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIP:
     NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:                   >= 0.01 INCH:  9
     MAX 32 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.10 INCH:  6
     MAX 90 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.50 INCH:  1
     MIN 32 OR BELOW:    1                  >= 1.00 INCH:  0
     MIN  0 OR BELOW:    0
 HDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:  383
           DEPARTURE:   34
      SEASONAL TOTAL:  623
           DEPARTURE:   66
 CDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:    9
           DEPARTURE:  -14
      SEASONAL TOTAL: 2899
           DEPARTURE:  244


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