281 CDUS44 KLIX 080708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 107 AM CST MON MAR 8 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 69 347 PM 83 1974 70 -1 78 MINIMUM 42 635 AM 30 1966 51 -9 61 AVERAGE 56 61 -5 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.80 1995 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 1.23 0.49 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.72 1.23 0.49 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.56 12.57 -2.01 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 9 6 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 102 48 54 66 SINCE MAR 1 102 48 54 66 SINCE JUL 1 1606 1270 336 1008 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 5 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 8 SINCE MAR 1 0 8 -8 8 SINCE JAN 1 6 39 -33 67 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 200 AM LOWEST 32 400 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 27 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2010.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST MARCH 9 2010.........SUNRISE 618 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. $$