975 CDUS44 KLIX 240709 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 209 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 87 207 PM 88 1971 80 7 80 1967 MINIMUM 69 437 AM 46 1993 60 9 68 AVERAGE 78 70 8 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.65 2010 0.16 -0.16 1.65 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 3.93 -3.58 2.61 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 9.17 1.66 5.52 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 20.51 -3.94 14.36 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 38 -29 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 188 -130 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1410 -102 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 6 7 9 MONTH TO DATE 206 92 114 111 SINCE MAR 1 315 154 161 121 SINCE JAN 1 385 185 200 127 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 300 AM LOWEST 53 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 1988 1958 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2011.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 25 2011.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$