649 CDUS44 KLIX 100710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 210 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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 83 312 PM 91 1986 84 -1 89 MINIMUM 73 223 AM 48 1992 67 6 70 AVERAGE 78 75 3 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.23 1991 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 1.30 -0.90 T SINCE MAR 1 15.94 10.46 5.48 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 22.47 20.91 1.56 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 13 10 3 15 MONTH TO DATE 138 82 56 86 SINCE MAR 1 591 302 289 480 SINCE JAN 1 702 339 363 550 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 56 1000 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 90 2009 2002 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2012...........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT MAY 11 2012...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$