840 CDUS44 KLIX 260703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 25 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 80 216 PM 84 2005 74 6 79 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 30 1968 55 4 70 AVERAGE 70 64 6 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.68 1976 0.17 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.91 4.22 -1.31 0.90 SINCE MAR 1 2.91 4.22 -1.31 0.90 SINCE JAN 1 11.75 15.56 -3.81 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 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 198 132 66 66 SINCE MAR 1 198 132 66 66 SINCE JUL 1 1702 1354 348 1008 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 2 3 10 MONTH TO DATE 10 44 -34 77 SINCE MAR 1 10 44 -34 77 SINCE JAN 1 16 75 -59 136 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 33 500 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 83 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 33 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 26 2010.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT MARCH 27 2010.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$