413 CDUS44 KLIX 030732 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 230 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 85R 137 PM 85 1974 75 10 81 MINIMUM 67 1159 PM 38 1994 57 10 61 AVERAGE 76 66 10 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.88 4.85 1980 0.15 1.73 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.88 0.31 1.57 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 9.98 4.86 5.12 10.48 SINCE JAN 1 16.51 15.31 1.20 16.22 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 22 140 -118 49 SINCE JUL 1 766 1249 -483 1299 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 3 8 6 MONTH TO DATE 22 6 16 8 SINCE MAR 1 230 69 161 117 SINCE JAN 1 341 106 235 187 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 51 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAIL FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 59 1000 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 86 2006 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 37 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2012.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT APRIL 4 2012.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$