871 CDUS44 KLIX 020709 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 208 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 88 153 PM 91 1978 82 6 83 MINIMUM 71 552 AM 49 1965 62 9 78 AVERAGE 80 72 8 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.20 1993 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.15 -0.15 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 10.41 0.42 5.52 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 21.75 -5.18 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 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 195 -137 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1417 -109 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 7 8 16 MONTH TO DATE 15 7 8 16 SINCE MAR 1 409 205 204 187 SINCE JAN 1 479 236 243 193 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 300 AM LOWEST 46 100 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 49 1971 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2011...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT MAY 3 2011...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$