947 CDUS44 KLIX 030707 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 81 241 PM 85 1974 75 6 79 MINIMUM 61 109 AM 38 1994 56 5 61 AVERAGE 71 66 5 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.85 1980 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.34 -0.34 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 10.48 5.58 4.90 2.91 SINCE JAN 1 16.22 16.92 -0.70 11.75 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 0 SINCE MAR 1 49 156 -107 223 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1378 -79 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 3 3 5 MONTH TO DATE 8 6 2 5 SINCE MAR 1 117 68 49 15 SINCE JAN 1 187 99 88 21 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 2006 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 37 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2011.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT APRIL 4 2011.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$