343 CDUS44 KLIX 070710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT WED APR 7 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 81 126 PM 89 1955 76 5 63 MINIMUM 63 329 AM 40 1966 56 7 48 AVERAGE 72 66 6 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.40 1983 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.02 -1.02 0.43 SINCE MAR 1 2.91 6.26 -3.35 5.50 SINCE JAN 1 11.75 17.60 -5.85 16.29 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 2 -2 9 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 11 SINCE MAR 1 223 164 59 89 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1386 341 1031 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 3 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 18 14 14 SINCE MAR 1 42 80 -38 112 SINCE JAN 1 48 111 -63 171 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 54 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 1986 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2010.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT APRIL 8 2010.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$