970 CDUS44 KLIX 080720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT THU APR 8 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 82 127 PM 86 1986 76 6 61 1978 MINIMUM 67 127 AM 35 1971 56 11 45 AVERAGE 75 66 9 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.41 1983 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.19 -1.19 0.43 SINCE MAR 1 2.91 6.43 -3.52 5.50 SINCE JAN 1 11.75 17.77 -6.02 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 12 MONTH TO DATE 0 16 -16 23 SINCE MAR 1 223 166 57 101 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1388 339 1043 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 3 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 42 21 21 14 SINCE MAR 1 52 83 -31 112 SINCE JAN 1 58 114 -56 171 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 88 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 32 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2010.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT APRIL 9 2010.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$