467 CDUS44 KLIX 060720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 83 858 AM 92 1952 82 1 88 MINIMUM 60 1152 PM 47 1973 64 -4 69 AVERAGE 72 73 -1 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.79 1981 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.71 -0.71 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 10.97 -0.14 5.65 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 22.31 -5.74 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 7 8 -1 14 MONTH TO DATE 44 38 6 75 SINCE MAR 1 438 236 202 246 SINCE JAN 1 508 267 241 252 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 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 78 1100 PM LOWEST 31 400 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 49 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2011...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT MAY 7 2011...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$