359 CDUS44 KLIX 270704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 102 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 80 221 PM 85 1972 68 12 62 MINIMUM 57 421 AM 29 1965 48 9 40 AVERAGE 69 58 11 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.35 1966 0.19 -0.19 0.65 MONTH TO DATE 1.64 5.11 -3.47 6.55 SINCE DEC 1 7.90 16.05 -8.15 34.71 SINCE JAN 1 5.73 10.98 -5.25 8.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE DEC 1 T SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 14 MONTH TO DATE 294 272 22 433 SINCE DEC 1 1132 1007 125 1303 SINCE JUL 1 1250 1206 44 1476 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 50 17 33 0 SINCE DEC 1 59 58 1 13 SINCE JAN 1 50 29 21 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 83 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 24 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2011......SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2011......SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$