862 CDUS44 KLIX 070709 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 109 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 59 316 PM 84 1955 70 -11 65 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 31 1960 51 -3 40 AVERAGE 54 60 -6 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.35 1998 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.80 1.06 1.74 1.72 SINCE MAR 1 2.80 1.06 1.74 1.72 SINCE JAN 1 8.54 12.40 -3.86 10.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 6 5 12 MONTH TO DATE 13 42 -29 93 SINCE MAR 1 13 42 -29 93 SINCE JUL 1 1263 1264 -1 1597 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 6 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 7 6 1 0 SINCE JAN 1 77 37 40 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1200 AM LOWEST 51 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2011.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 8 2011.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$