950 CDUS44 KLIX 040716 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 211 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 78 1231 AM 90 2002 82 -4 87 MINIMUM 58 725 PM 51 2004 63 -5 74 1988 1968 AVERAGE 68 72 -4 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 6.25 1978 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.43 -0.43 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 10.69 0.14 5.65 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 22.03 -5.46 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 3 8 -5 16 MONTH TO DATE 35 22 13 45 SINCE MAR 1 429 220 209 216 SINCE JAN 1 499 251 248 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 400 AM LOWEST 64 900 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 51 1983 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2011...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT MAY 5 2011...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$