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CDUS44 KLIX 212121  
CLINEW  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS  
421 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2009  
 
   
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..THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 2009  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2009  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 79 203 PM 90 1979 78 1 78  
MINIMUM 65 123 AM 36 1964 58 7 56  
AVERAGE 72 68 4 67  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.41 1990 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 4.36 2.02 2.34 1.69  
SINCE SEP 1 13.58 7.57 6.01 12.86  
SINCE JAN 1 50.76 52.97 -2.21 49.94  
 
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 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 22 9 13 0  
SINCE SEP 1 22 9 13 0  
SINCE JUL 1 22 9 13 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 7 5 2 2  
MONTH TO DATE 221 145 76 193  
SINCE SEP 1 708 558 150 615  
SINCE JAN 1 3152 2645 507 2939    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 81 600 AM  
LOWEST 62 1100 AM  
AVERAGE 72  
   
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THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 88 1991  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1976  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 21 2009.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 22 2009.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 623 PM CDT  
 
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
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