860 CDUS44 KLIX 070725 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 223 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 83 339 PM 92 1952 83 0 87 MINIMUM 56 519 AM 49 1968 64 -8 68 AVERAGE 70 73 -3 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.35 1960 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.85 -0.85 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 10.83 11.11 -0.28 5.65 SINCE JAN 1 16.57 22.45 -5.88 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 5 8 -3 13 MONTH TO DATE 49 46 3 88 SINCE MAR 1 443 244 199 259 SINCE JAN 1 513 275 238 265 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 23 400 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 91 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2011...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT MAY 8 2011...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$