003 CDUS44 KLIX 080702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 80 235 PM 86 1986 76 4 83 1978 MINIMUM 65 1158 PM 35 1971 58 7 59 AVERAGE 73 67 6 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.41 1983 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.44 1.04 4.40 0.35 SINCE MAR 1 13.54 5.59 7.95 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 20.07 16.04 4.03 16.57 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 14 -14 9 SINCE MAR 1 22 150 -128 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1259 -493 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 4 4 6 MONTH TO DATE 63 25 38 29 SINCE MAR 1 271 88 183 138 SINCE JAN 1 382 125 257 208 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 50 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 88 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 32 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2012.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT APRIL 9 2012.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$