503 CDUS44 KLIX 090701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 81 328 PM 88 1948 77 4 86 MINIMUM 60 557 AM 32 1971 58 2 72 AVERAGE 71 67 4 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.21 2003 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.44 1.19 4.25 0.35 SINCE MAR 1 13.54 5.74 7.80 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 20.07 16.19 3.88 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 16 -16 9 SINCE MAR 1 22 152 -130 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1261 -495 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 4 2 14 MONTH TO DATE 69 29 40 43 SINCE MAR 1 277 92 185 152 SINCE JAN 1 388 129 259 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 600 AM LOWEST 42 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 86 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 36 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2012.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT APRIL 10 2012.........SUNRISE 639 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. $$