834 CDUS44 KLIX 090717 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 115 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 71 302 PM 84 1980 70 1 82 MINIMUM 42 614 AM 27 1971 52 -10 68 AVERAGE 57 61 -4 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.18 1972 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.23 -1.23 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 T 1.23 -1.23 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 13.80 11.68 2.12 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 8 6 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 94 48 46 17 SINCE MAR 1 94 48 46 17 SINCE JUL 1 983 1157 -174 755 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 10 MONTH TO DATE 0 11 -11 41 SINCE MAR 1 0 11 -11 41 SINCE JAN 1 32 48 -16 153 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 33 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 2000 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 29 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2013.........SUNRISE 618 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST MARCH 10 2013.........SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$