925 CDUS44 KLIX 180707 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 207 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 79 1224 PM 91 2006 79 0 75 MINIMUM 62 1129 PM 41 1983 60 2 62 1962 AVERAGE 71 69 2 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.01 3.13 1973 0.16 0.85 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.81 2.58 4.23 0.35 SINCE MAR 1 14.91 7.13 7.78 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 21.44 17.58 3.86 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 27 -27 9 SINCE MAR 1 22 163 -141 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1272 -506 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 5 1 4 MONTH TO DATE 158 71 87 120 SINCE MAR 1 366 134 232 229 SINCE JAN 1 477 171 306 299 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 67 100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 43 1999 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2012.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$