137 CDUS44 KLIX 080720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 120 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 62 447 PM 83 1974 70 -8 80 MINIMUM 43 553 AM 30 1966 52 -9 63 AVERAGE 53 61 -8 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.80 1995 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE T 1.08 -1.08 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 T 1.08 -1.08 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 13.80 11.53 2.27 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 12 6 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 86 42 44 17 SINCE MAR 1 86 42 44 17 SINCE JUL 1 975 1151 -176 755 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 31 SINCE MAR 1 0 9 -9 31 SINCE JAN 1 32 46 -14 143 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1100 PM LOWEST 32 400 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 27 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2013.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST MARCH 9 2013.........SUNRISE 618 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$