649 CDUS44 KLIX 190759 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 259 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 85 141 PM 91 1987 78 7 82 MINIMUM 65 126 AM 43 1999 59 6 59 1961 AVERAGE 75 69 6 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.40 1991 0.17 -0.17 0.40 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 3.09 -2.74 0.95 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 8.33 2.50 3.86 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 19.67 -3.10 12.70 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 33 -24 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 183 -125 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1405 -97 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 5 5 6 MONTH TO DATE 130 66 64 83 SINCE MAR 1 239 128 111 93 SINCE JAN 1 309 159 150 99 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 45 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2011.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT APRIL 20 2011.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$