758 CDUS44 KLIX 170703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 87R 110 PM 87 1972 78 9 76 MINIMUM 70 1159 PM 42 1961 60 10 55 AVERAGE 79 69 10 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.32 3.27 1973 0.16 0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.80 2.42 3.38 0.35 SINCE MAR 1 13.90 6.97 6.93 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 20.43 17.42 3.01 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 26 -26 9 SINCE MAR 1 22 162 -140 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1271 -505 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 5 9 1 MONTH TO DATE 152 66 86 116 SINCE MAR 1 360 129 231 225 SINCE JAN 1 471 166 305 295 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 PM LOWEST 61 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1983 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2012.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 18 2012.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$