107 CDUS44 KLIX 120705 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 77 904 AM 91 2003 84 -7 88 MINIMUM 68 313 AM 51 1960 67 1 71 AVERAGE 73 76 -3 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.33 2.54 1974 0.14 0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.73 1.57 -0.84 T SINCE MAR 1 16.27 10.73 5.54 10.83 SINCE JAN 1 22.80 21.18 1.62 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 8 11 -3 15 MONTH TO DATE 157 103 54 117 SINCE MAR 1 610 323 287 511 SINCE JAN 1 721 360 361 581 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 100 PM LOWEST 54 800 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 91 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 47 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2012...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT MAY 13 2012...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$