643 CDUS44 KLIX 090714 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 111 AM CST TUE MAR 9 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 66 1249 PM 84 1980 70 -4 81 MINIMUM 50 414 AM 27 1971 51 -1 65 AVERAGE 58 61 -3 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.18 1972 0.17 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.74 1.40 0.34 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.74 1.40 0.34 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.58 12.74 -2.16 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 7 6 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 109 54 55 66 SINCE MAR 1 109 54 55 66 SINCE JUL 1 1613 1276 337 1008 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 16 SINCE MAR 1 0 10 -10 16 SINCE JAN 1 6 41 -35 75 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 100 AM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 83 2000 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 29 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2010.........SUNRISE 618 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST MARCH 10 2010.........SUNRISE 617 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$