537 CDUS44 KLIX 110716 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 215 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 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 83 109 PM 88 1963 77 6 84 MINIMUM 72 603 AM 39 1973 58 14 64 AVERAGE 78 68 10 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.73 1969 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 1.49 0.45 5.44 SINCE MAR 1 3.02 6.04 -3.02 13.54 SINCE JAN 1 16.82 16.49 0.33 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 20 2 0 SINCE MAR 1 231 156 75 22 SINCE JUL 1 1120 1265 -145 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 4 9 9 MONTH TO DATE 37 37 0 86 SINCE MAR 1 73 100 -27 294 SINCE JAN 1 105 137 -32 406 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 65 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 87 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 35 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 11 2013.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT APRIL 12 2013.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$