616 CDUS44 KLIX 160703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 73 438 PM 87 1982 72 1 69 MINIMUM 56 647 AM 31 1993 53 3 53 AVERAGE 65 62 3 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.90 1969 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.68 2.59 4.09 2.45 SINCE MAR 1 6.68 2.59 4.09 2.45 SINCE JAN 1 12.42 13.93 -1.51 11.29 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 0 5 -5 4 MONTH TO DATE 43 92 -49 129 SINCE MAR 1 43 92 -49 129 SINCE JUL 1 1293 1314 -21 1633 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 24 -6 5 SINCE MAR 1 18 24 -6 5 SINCE JAN 1 88 55 33 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 87 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 38 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2011.........SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT MARCH 17 2011.........SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$