369 CDUS44 KLIX 050706 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 105 AM CST FRI MAR 5 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60 354 PM 83 1955 69 -9 65 MINIMUM 37 558 AM 30 2002 50 -13 41 AVERAGE 49 60 -11 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.82 1975 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 0.72 1.00 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.72 0.72 1.00 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.56 12.06 -1.50 10.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 7 9 12 MONTH TO DATE 66 29 37 65 SINCE MAR 1 66 29 37 65 SINCE JUL 1 1570 1251 319 1007 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 4 -4 0 SINCE JAN 1 6 35 -29 59 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 1000 PM LOWEST 27 400 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 29 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2010.........SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST MARCH 6 2010.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$