843 CDUS44 KLIX 210703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 81 337 PM 90 1987 79 2 89 MINIMUM 61 541 AM 46 1953 61 0 75 AVERAGE 71 70 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.88 1977 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.81 3.04 3.77 0.35 SINCE MAR 1 14.91 7.59 7.32 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 21.44 18.04 3.40 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 30 -30 9 SINCE MAR 1 22 166 -144 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1275 -509 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 6 0 17 MONTH TO DATE 176 88 88 163 SINCE MAR 1 384 151 233 272 SINCE JAN 1 495 188 307 342 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 200 AM LOWEST 42 100 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 46 1953 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$