440 CDUS44 KLIX 101251 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 741 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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 85 100 PM 86 1999 77 8 74 MINIMUM 73 621 AM 36 1971 57 16 56 AVERAGE 79 67 12 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.96 1956 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 1.55 -1.20 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 6.79 4.04 3.46 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 18.13 -1.56 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 20 -11 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 170 -112 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1392 -84 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 4 10 0 MONTH TO DATE 57 28 29 43 SINCE MAR 1 166 90 76 53 SINCE JAN 1 236 121 115 59 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 51 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 88 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 39 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2011.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT APRIL 11 2011.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$