733 CDUS44 KLIX 060703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 90 120 PM 92 1952 83 7 83 MINIMUM 73 457 AM 47 1973 65 8 60 AVERAGE 82 74 8 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 2.79 1981 0.15 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.71 -0.53 T SINCE MAR 1 15.72 9.87 5.85 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 22.25 20.32 1.93 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 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 22 170 -148 58 SINCE JUL 1 766 1279 -513 1308 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 9 8 7 MONTH TO DATE 78 43 35 44 SINCE MAR 1 531 263 268 438 SINCE JAN 1 642 300 342 508 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT MAY 7 2012...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$