548 CDUS44 KLIX 270720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 26 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 83 422 PM 84 2011 74 9 84 MINIMUM 60 559 AM 33 1968 55 5 70 AVERAGE 72 65 7 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.24 1974 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 7.94 3.79 4.15 6.68 SINCE MAR 1 7.94 3.79 4.15 6.68 SINCE JAN 1 14.47 14.24 0.23 12.42 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 22 122 -100 44 SINCE MAR 1 22 122 -100 44 SINCE JUL 1 766 1231 -465 1294 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 3 4 12 MONTH TO DATE 162 48 114 81 SINCE MAR 1 162 48 114 81 SINCE JAN 1 273 85 188 151 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 40 400 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 85 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 30 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 27 2012.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT MARCH 28 2012.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$