978 CDUS44 KLIX 090712 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 211 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 81 352 PM 88 1948 77 4 81 MINIMUM 60 343 AM 32 1971 58 2 60 AVERAGE 71 67 4 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.21 2003 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 1.19 0.75 5.44 SINCE MAR 1 3.02 5.74 -2.72 13.54 SINCE JAN 1 16.82 16.19 0.63 20.07 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 22 16 6 0 SINCE MAR 1 231 152 79 22 SINCE JUL 1 1120 1261 -141 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 4 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 12 29 -17 69 SINCE MAR 1 48 92 -44 277 SINCE JAN 1 80 129 -49 389 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 500 AM LOWEST 58 1100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 86 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 36 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2013.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT APRIL 10 2013.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$