228 CDUS44 KLIX 050740 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 230 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 84 154 PM 85 2001 76 8 82 1956 MINIMUM 57 1159 PM 38 1992 56 1 62 AVERAGE 71 66 5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.35 3.62 1957 0.17 0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 0.68 -0.33 T SINCE MAR 1 10.83 5.92 4.91 2.91 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 17.26 -0.69 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 0 SINCE MAR 1 49 160 -111 223 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1382 -83 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 3 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 23 12 11 18 SINCE MAR 1 132 74 58 28 SINCE JAN 1 202 105 97 34 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 44 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 61 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 60 1100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 1982 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 39 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2011.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT APRIL 6 2011.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$