575 CDUS44 KLIX 040712 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 210 AM CDT THU APR 4 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 68 1154 AM 86 2012 75 -7 86 2006 1974 MINIMUM 57 1159 PM 37 1971 57 0 64 AVERAGE 63 66 -3 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.90 2.39 1950 0.15 1.75 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 0.46 1.48 2.01 SINCE MAR 1 3.02 5.01 -1.99 10.11 SINCE JAN 1 16.82 15.46 1.36 16.64 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 2 2 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 6 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 211 142 69 22 SINCE JUL 1 1100 1251 -151 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 10 MONTH TO DATE 3 9 -6 32 SINCE MAR 1 39 72 -33 240 SINCE JAN 1 71 109 -38 352 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 81 1100 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 85 2001 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2013.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT APRIL 5 2013.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$