546 CDUS44 KLIX 190706 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 206 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 83 116 PM 91 1987 79 4 79 MINIMUM 72 352 AM 43 1999 61 11 60 1961 AVERAGE 78 70 8 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.40 1991 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.76 2.73 3.03 6.81 SINCE MAR 1 6.84 7.28 -0.44 14.91 SINCE JAN 1 20.64 17.73 2.91 21.44 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 28 -5 0 SINCE MAR 1 232 164 68 22 SINCE JUL 1 1121 1273 -152 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 5 MONTH TO DATE 90 76 14 163 SINCE MAR 1 126 139 -13 371 SINCE JAN 1 158 176 -18 483 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 900 PM LOWEST 74 1200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 45 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2013.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT APRIL 20 2013.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$