530 CDUS44 KLIX 120716 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 216 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 85 206 PM 87 1999 77 8 78 MINIMUM 69 1138 PM 35 1973 57 12 55 AVERAGE 77 67 10 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.59 2004 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 1.90 -1.55 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 7.14 3.69 3.46 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 18.48 -1.91 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 24 -15 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 174 -116 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1396 -88 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 4 8 2 MONTH TO DATE 85 36 49 46 SINCE MAR 1 194 98 96 56 SINCE JAN 1 264 129 135 62 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 61 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 86 2001 1972 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 40 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2011.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT APRIL 13 2011.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$