908 CDUS44 KLIX 200702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT TUE APR 20 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 78 349 PM 90 1987 79 -1 81 MINIMUM 65 133 AM 45 1983 59 6 65 AVERAGE 72 69 3 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.68 1966 0.17 -0.16 0.36 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 3.26 -2.30 1.24 SINCE MAR 1 3.87 8.50 -4.63 6.31 SINCE JAN 1 12.71 19.84 -7.13 17.10 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 34 -34 36 SINCE MAR 1 223 184 39 114 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1406 321 1056 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 8 MONTH TO DATE 90 71 19 66 SINCE MAR 1 100 133 -33 164 SINCE JAN 1 106 164 -58 223 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 46 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2010.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT APRIL 21 2010.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$