932 CDUS44 KLIX 060720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 66 243 PM 92 1952 83 -17 90 MINIMUM 55 547 AM 47 1973 65 -10 73 AVERAGE 61 74 -13 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.79 1981 0.15 -0.15 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 0.71 0.63 0.18 SINCE MAR 1 14.04 9.87 4.17 15.72 SINCE JAN 1 27.84 20.32 7.52 22.25 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 14 0 14 0 SINCE MAR 1 255 170 85 22 SINCE JUL 1 1144 1279 -135 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 9 -9 17 MONTH TO DATE 14 43 -29 78 SINCE MAR 1 186 263 -77 531 SINCE JAN 1 218 300 -82 643 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2013...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT MAY 7 2013...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$