734 CDUS44 KLIX 240710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 210 AM CDT WED MAR 24 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 70 238 PM 84 1995 74 -4 76 1994 MINIMUM 47 635 AM 29 1968 54 -7 59 AVERAGE 59 64 -5 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.39 1958 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.89 3.88 -0.99 0.90 SINCE MAR 1 2.89 3.88 -0.99 0.90 SINCE JAN 1 11.73 15.22 -3.49 11.69 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 6 4 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 194 125 69 66 SINCE MAR 1 194 125 69 66 SINCE JUL 1 1698 1347 351 1008 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 5 40 -35 60 SINCE MAR 1 5 40 -35 60 SINCE JAN 1 11 71 -60 119 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 84 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 32 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2010.........SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT MARCH 25 2010.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$