076 CDUS44 KLIX 050720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 75 440 PM 92 1952 82 -7 89 MINIMUM 58 548 AM 51 1983 63 -5 73 1954 AVERAGE 67 73 -6 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.20 2007 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.57 -0.57 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 10.83 0.00 5.65 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 22.17 -5.60 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 2 8 -6 16 MONTH TO DATE 37 30 7 61 SINCE MAR 1 431 228 203 232 SINCE JAN 1 501 259 242 238 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 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 62 100 AM LOWEST 29 600 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2011...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT MAY 6 2011...........SUNRISE 614 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. $$