590 CDUS44 KLIX 070704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 101 AM CST THU MAR 7 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 62 500 PM 84 1955 70 -8 75 MINIMUM 45 641 AM 31 1960 52 -7 49 AVERAGE 54 61 -7 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.35 1998 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.92 -0.92 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.92 -0.92 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 13.80 11.37 2.43 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 11 6 5 3 MONTH TO DATE 74 36 38 17 SINCE MAR 1 74 36 38 17 SINCE JUL 1 963 1145 -182 755 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 24 SINCE MAR 1 0 7 -7 24 SINCE JAN 1 32 44 -12 136 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 1200 AM LOWEST 25 300 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 30 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2013.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 8 2013.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$