016 CDUS44 KLIX 010720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 80 414 PM 89 2002 81 -1 83 1955 1953 MINIMUM 72 102 AM 46 1965 62 10 67 AVERAGE 76 72 4 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.79 1975 0.15 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 2.61 5.02 -2.41 1.33 SINCE MAR 1 5.52 10.26 -4.74 6.40 SINCE JAN 1 14.36 21.60 -7.24 17.19 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 44 -44 36 SINCE MAR 1 223 194 29 114 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1416 311 1056 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 7 4 10 MONTH TO DATE 161 136 25 159 SINCE MAR 1 171 198 -27 257 SINCE JAN 1 177 229 -52 316 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 300 PM LOWEST 74 1000 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 49 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2010...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT MAY 2 2010...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$