759 CDUS44 KLIX 110704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 204 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 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 84 119 PM 88 1963 77 7 87 MINIMUM 64 223 AM 39 1973 58 6 74 AVERAGE 74 68 6 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.73 1969 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.44 1.49 3.95 0.35 SINCE MAR 1 13.54 6.04 7.50 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 20.07 16.49 3.58 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 20 -20 9 SINCE MAR 1 22 156 -134 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1265 -499 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 4 5 16 MONTH TO DATE 86 37 49 73 SINCE MAR 1 294 100 194 182 SINCE JAN 1 405 137 268 252 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 43 1200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 87 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 35 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 11 2012.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT APRIL 12 2012.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$