418 CDUS44 KLIX 240709 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 1136 AM 88 1971 80 0 84 1967 MINIMUM 68 345 AM 46 1993 60 8 64 AVERAGE 74 70 4 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.65R 1.40 1969 0.16 1.49 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.61 3.93 -1.32 1.24 SINCE MAR 1 5.52 9.17 -3.65 6.31 SINCE JAN 1 14.36 20.51 -6.15 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 38 -38 36 SINCE MAR 1 223 188 35 114 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1410 317 1056 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 6 3 9 MONTH TO DATE 111 92 19 88 SINCE MAR 1 121 154 -33 186 SINCE JAN 1 127 185 -58 245 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 71 1100 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 1988 1958 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2010.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 25 2010.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$