214 CDUS44 KLIX 060702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 101 AM CST WED MAR 6 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 76 222 PM 83 1955 69 7 77 MINIMUM 53 1158 PM 29 2002 52 1 48 AVERAGE 65 60 5 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 7.87 1948 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.77 -0.77 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.77 -0.77 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 13.80 11.22 2.58 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 0 6 -6 2 MONTH TO DATE 63 30 33 14 SINCE MAR 1 63 30 33 14 SINCE JUL 1 952 1139 -187 752 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 24 SINCE MAR 1 0 5 -5 24 SINCE JAN 1 32 42 -10 136 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 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 90 500 AM LOWEST 36 800 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 31 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2013.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 7 2013.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$