232 CDUS44 KLIX 110703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 102 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10 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 73 416 PM 82 2000 71 2 80 1986 1980 MINIMUM 62 712 AM 34 1996 52 10 64 1961 AVERAGE 68 61 7 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 1.05 1992 0.17 0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.40 1.74 0.66 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.40 1.74 0.66 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 11.24 13.08 -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 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 111 66 45 66 SINCE MAR 1 111 66 45 66 SINCE JUL 1 1615 1288 327 1008 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 2 1 7 MONTH TO DATE 3 14 -11 30 SINCE MAR 1 3 14 -11 30 SINCE JAN 1 9 45 -36 89 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 79 1100 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 85 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1998 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 11 2010.........SUNRISE 616 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST MARCH 12 2010.........SUNRISE 614 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. $$