979 CDUS44 KLIX 140704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 204 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 13 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 84 444 PM 90 2007 84 0 88 2000 1994 MINIMUM 70 1159 PM 41 1960 66 4 77 AVERAGE 77 75 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.60 2.55 1990 0.14 0.46 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 1.81 -1.21 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 11.43 12.07 -0.64 5.65 SINCE JAN 1 17.17 23.41 -6.24 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 12 10 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 144 110 34 180 SINCE MAR 1 538 308 230 351 SINCE JAN 1 608 339 269 357 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 600 AM LOWEST 58 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 91 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 48 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 14 2011...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT MAY 15 2011...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$