775 CDUS44 KLIX 080704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 103 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 80 1243 PM 83 1974 70 10 64 MINIMUM 63 536 AM 30 1966 52 11 46 AVERAGE 72 61 11 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.80 1995 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 1.08 -1.05 2.80 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 1.08 -1.05 2.80 SINCE JAN 1 6.56 11.53 -4.97 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 0 6 -6 10 MONTH TO DATE 17 42 -25 23 SINCE MAR 1 17 42 -25 23 SINCE JUL 1 761 1151 -390 1273 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 2 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 31 9 22 7 SINCE MAR 1 31 9 22 7 SINCE JAN 1 142 46 96 77 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 PM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 27 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 618 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST MARCH 9 2012.........SUNRISE 617 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$