764 CDUS44 KLIX 290714 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 213 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 76 333 PM 91 1987 81 -5 85 1948 MINIMUM 64 929 PM 44 1992 63 1 66 1973 AVERAGE 70 72 -2 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 3.12 3.62 1998 0.16 2.96 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 11.04 4.29 6.75 7.44 SINCE MAR 1 12.12 8.84 3.28 15.54 SINCE JAN 1 25.92 19.29 6.63 22.07 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 32 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 241 168 73 22 SINCE JUL 1 1130 1277 -147 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 8 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 122 142 -20 219 SINCE MAR 1 158 205 -47 427 SINCE JAN 1 190 242 -52 539 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 92 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 69 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 90 2002 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 45 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2013.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 30 2013.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$