870 CDUS44 KLIX 220701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CDT THU APR 22 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 80 325 PM 92 1987 79 1 83 MINIMUM 57 405 AM 46 1953 59 -2 54 1950 AVERAGE 69 69 0 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.72 1977 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 3.60 -2.64 1.24 SINCE MAR 1 3.87 8.84 -4.97 6.31 SINCE JAN 1 12.71 20.18 -7.47 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 36 -36 36 SINCE MAR 1 223 186 37 114 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1408 319 1056 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 5 -1 4 MONTH TO DATE 96 81 15 71 SINCE MAR 1 106 143 -37 169 SINCE JAN 1 112 174 -62 228 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 89 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 46 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2010.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT APRIL 23 2010.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$