713 CDUS44 KLIX 070717 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 117 AM CST SUN MAR 7 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 65 434 PM 84 1955 70 -5 78 MINIMUM 40 523 AM 31 1960 51 -11 57 AVERAGE 53 60 -7 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.35 1998 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 1.06 0.66 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.72 1.06 0.66 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.56 12.40 -1.84 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 12 6 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 93 42 51 66 SINCE MAR 1 93 42 51 66 SINCE JUL 1 1597 1264 333 1008 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 3 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 3 SINCE JAN 1 6 37 -31 62 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 200 AM LOWEST 24 200 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2010.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 8 2010.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$