862 CDUS44 KLIX 091245 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 745 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 86 113 PM 88 1948 76 10 72 MINIMUM 72 632 AM 32 1971 57 15 60 AVERAGE 79 67 12 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.21 2003 0.18 -0.18 0.55 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 1.37 -1.02 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 6.61 4.22 3.46 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 17.95 -1.38 12.30 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 9 18 -9 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 168 -110 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1390 -82 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 3 11 1 MONTH TO DATE 43 24 19 43 SINCE MAR 1 152 86 66 53 SINCE JAN 1 222 117 105 59 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 86 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 36 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2011.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT APRIL 10 2011.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$