292 CDUS44 KLIX 040715 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 70 107 AM 90 2002 82 -12 88 MINIMUM 51R 1159 PM 51 2004 65 -14 72 1988 1968 AVERAGE 61 74 -13 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 6.25 1978 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 0.42 0.92 0.12 SINCE MAR 1 14.04 9.58 4.46 15.66 SINCE JAN 1 27.84 20.03 7.81 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 4 0 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 245 170 75 22 SINCE JUL 1 1134 1279 -145 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 9 -9 15 MONTH TO DATE 14 25 -11 45 SINCE MAR 1 186 245 -59 498 SINCE JAN 1 218 282 -64 610 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 66 800 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 51 1983 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2013...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT MAY 5 2013...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$