270 CDUS44 KLIX 030710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 209 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 77 201 PM 92 2002 82 -5 88 MINIMUM 67 307 AM 49 1971 65 2 73 1965 AVERAGE 72 73 -1 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.77 1961 0.14 -0.14 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 0.28 1.06 0.12 SINCE MAR 1 14.04 9.44 4.60 15.66 SINCE JAN 1 27.84 19.89 7.95 22.19 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 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 241 170 71 22 SINCE JUL 1 1130 1279 -149 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 8 -1 16 MONTH TO DATE 14 16 -2 30 SINCE MAR 1 186 236 -50 483 SINCE JAN 1 218 273 -55 595 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 73 1200 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 90 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 51 2004 1988 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2013...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT MAY 4 2013...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$