493 CDUS44 KLIX 080720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 89 345 PM 91 1952 83 6 87 MINIMUM 71 617 AM 47 1968 64 7 74 AVERAGE 80 74 6 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.33 1976 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.99 -0.86 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 5.65 11.25 -5.60 6.42 SINCE JAN 1 14.49 22.59 -8.10 17.21 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 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 223 195 28 114 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1417 310 1056 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 8 7 16 MONTH TO DATE 103 54 49 96 SINCE MAR 1 274 252 22 353 SINCE JAN 1 280 283 -3 412 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 100 AM LOWEST 50 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 91 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2010...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT MAY 9 2010...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$