871 CDUS44 KLIX 100720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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 74 414 PM 86 1999 77 -3 76 MINIMUM 56 423 AM 36 1971 57 -1 57 AVERAGE 65 67 -2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.96 1956 0.18 -0.18 T MONTH TO DATE 0.55 1.55 -1.00 0.43 SINCE MAR 1 3.46 6.79 -3.33 5.50 SINCE JAN 1 12.30 18.13 -5.83 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 20 -20 29 SINCE MAR 1 223 170 53 107 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1392 335 1049 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 2 MONTH TO DATE 43 28 15 16 SINCE MAR 1 53 90 -37 114 SINCE JAN 1 59 121 -62 173 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 1100 PM LOWEST 25 500 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 88 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 39 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2010.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT APRIL 11 2010.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$