540 CDUS44 KLIX 170701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 84 238 PM 87 2012 78 6 87 1972 MINIMUM 73 805 AM 42 1961 60 13 70 AVERAGE 79 69 10 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.27 1973 0.16 -0.16 0.32 MONTH TO DATE 5.76 2.42 3.34 5.80 SINCE MAR 1 6.84 6.97 -0.13 13.90 SINCE JAN 1 20.64 17.42 3.22 20.43 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 23 26 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 232 162 70 22 SINCE JUL 1 1121 1271 -150 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 5 9 14 MONTH TO DATE 63 66 -3 152 SINCE MAR 1 99 129 -30 360 SINCE JAN 1 131 166 -35 472 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 69 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1983 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2013.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 18 2013.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$