129 CDUS44 KLIX 210702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT THU APR 21 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 89 100 PM 90 1987 79 10 73 MINIMUM 75 608 AM 46 1953 59 16 61 AVERAGE 82 69 13 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.88 1977 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 3.43 -3.08 0.96 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 8.67 2.16 3.87 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 20.01 -3.44 12.71 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 35 -26 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 185 -127 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1407 -99 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 5 12 2 MONTH TO DATE 163 76 87 92 SINCE MAR 1 272 138 134 102 SINCE JAN 1 342 169 173 108 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 400 AM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 46 1953 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2011.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 22 2011.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$