701 CDUS44 KLIX 010720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 57 1216 AM 84 2011 68 -11 80 1948 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 32 2002 51 -5 61 AVERAGE 52 59 -7 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.71 1995 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.21 5.30 1.91 4.72 SINCE DEC 1 18.93 15.69 3.24 7.83 SINCE JAN 1 13.80 10.45 3.35 6.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 7 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 204 253 -49 151 SINCE DEC 1 700 945 -245 587 SINCE JUL 1 889 1109 -220 738 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 7 21 -14 38 SINCE DEC 1 67 64 3 138 SINCE JAN 1 32 37 -5 101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 700 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 83 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 26 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2013.........SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST MARCH 2 2013.........SUNRISE 625 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$