390 CDUS44 KLIX 060703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 101 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 440 PM 83 1955 69 8 75 MINIMUM 48 544 AM 29 2002 52 -4 54 AVERAGE 63 60 3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 7.87 1948 0.15 -0.15 2.63 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.77 -0.74 2.80 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 0.77 -0.74 2.80 SINCE JAN 1 6.56 11.22 -4.66 8.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 6 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 30 -16 2 SINCE MAR 1 14 30 -16 2 SINCE JUL 1 758 1139 -381 1252 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 24 5 19 7 SINCE MAR 1 24 5 19 7 SINCE JAN 1 135 42 93 77 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 600 AM LOWEST 18 500 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 31 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2012.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$