956 CDUS44 KLIX 040704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 102 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 55 437 PM 83 1955 69 -14 74 MINIMUM 35 646 AM 25 1980 51 -16 51 AVERAGE 45 60 -15 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.39 2001 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.47 -0.47 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.47 -0.47 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 13.80 10.92 2.88 6.56 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 20 6 14 2 MONTH TO DATE 53 18 35 2 SINCE MAR 1 53 18 35 2 SINCE JUL 1 942 1127 -185 740 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 24 SINCE MAR 1 0 3 -3 24 SINCE JAN 1 32 40 -8 136 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 200 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 83 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2013.........SUNRISE 623 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST MARCH 5 2013.........SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$