182 CDUS44 KLIX 100707 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 107 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 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 72 200 PM 83 2000 71 1 81 1962 MINIMUM 53 334 AM 29 1996 51 2 63 AVERAGE 63 61 2 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.35 1.55 1948 0.17 0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.09 1.57 0.52 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.09 1.57 0.52 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 12.91 -1.98 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 2 6 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 111 60 51 66 SINCE MAR 1 111 60 51 66 SINCE JUL 1 1615 1282 333 1008 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 23 SINCE MAR 1 0 12 -12 23 SINCE JAN 1 6 43 -37 82 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 68 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 82 2000 1986 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 34 1996 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2010.........SUNRISE 617 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST MARCH 11 2010.........SUNRISE 616 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$