734 CDUS44 KLIX 030701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 88 225 PM 92 2002 82 6 79 MINIMUM 75 502 AM 49 1971 63 12 76 1965 AVERAGE 82 72 10 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.77 1961 0.14 -0.14 0.13 MONTH TO DATE T 0.29 -0.29 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 10.55 0.28 5.65 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 21.89 -5.32 14.49 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 195 -137 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1417 -109 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 7 10 13 MONTH TO DATE 32 14 18 29 SINCE MAR 1 426 212 214 200 SINCE JAN 1 496 243 253 206 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 90 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 51 2004 1988 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2011...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT MAY 4 2011...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$