125 CDUS44 KLIX 170703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 76 342 PM 87 1972 78 -2 81 MINIMUM 55 542 AM 42 1961 58 -3 59 AVERAGE 66 68 -2 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.27 1973 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 2.75 -2.40 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 7.99 2.84 3.46 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 19.33 -2.76 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 31 -22 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 181 -123 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1403 -95 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 4 -3 5 MONTH TO DATE 116 56 60 72 SINCE MAR 1 225 118 107 82 SINCE JAN 1 295 149 146 88 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 52 900 PM LOWEST 19 900 AM AVERAGE 36 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 41 1983 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2011.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT APRIL 18 2011.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$