478 CDUS44 KLIX 010702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 88 319 PM 89 2002 82 6 85 1955 1953 MINIMUM 68 510 AM 46 1965 64 4 64 AVERAGE 78 73 5 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.79 1975 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.44 4.61 2.83 0.35 SINCE MAR 1 15.54 9.16 6.38 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 22.07 19.61 2.46 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 32 -32 9 SINCE MAR 1 22 170 -148 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1279 -513 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 8 5 10 MONTH TO DATE 245 157 88 285 SINCE MAR 1 453 220 233 394 SINCE JAN 1 564 257 307 464 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 49 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2012...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT MAY 2 2012...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$