818 CDUS44 KLIX 020705 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 204 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 83 112 PM 91 1978 82 1 86 MINIMUM 78 1114 PM 49 1965 62 16 69 AVERAGE 81 72 9 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.20 1993 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.15 -0.15 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 5.52 10.41 -4.89 6.40 SINCE JAN 1 14.36 21.75 -7.39 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 223 195 28 114 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1417 310 1056 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 7 9 13 MONTH TO DATE 16 7 9 13 SINCE MAR 1 187 205 -18 270 SINCE JAN 1 193 236 -43 329 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 74 800 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 49 1971 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2010...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT MAY 3 2010...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$