247 CDUS44 KLIX 250800 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 300 AM CDT FRI MAR 25 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 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 81 407 PM 84 1994 74 7 71 MINIMUM 63 1143 PM 32 1968 54 9 50 AVERAGE 72 64 8 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.10 1973 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.68 4.05 2.63 2.89 SINCE MAR 1 6.68 4.05 2.63 2.89 SINCE JAN 1 12.42 15.39 -2.97 11.73 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 4 -4 4 MONTH TO DATE 44 129 -85 198 SINCE MAR 1 44 129 -85 198 SINCE JUL 1 1294 1351 -57 1702 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 2 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 42 23 5 SINCE MAR 1 65 42 23 5 SINCE JAN 1 135 73 62 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 21 500 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 84 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 30 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 25 2011.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT MARCH 26 2011.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$