590 CDUS44 KLIX 080702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 81 340 PM 91 1952 83 -2 89 MINIMUM 57 504 AM 47 1968 66 -9 72 AVERAGE 69 75 -6 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.33 1976 0.15 -0.15 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 1.00 0.34 0.37 SINCE MAR 1 14.04 10.16 3.88 15.91 SINCE JAN 1 27.84 20.61 7.23 22.44 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 0 16 0 SINCE MAR 1 257 170 87 22 SINCE JUL 1 1146 1279 -133 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 10 -6 16 MONTH TO DATE 18 62 -44 110 SINCE MAR 1 190 282 -92 563 SINCE JAN 1 222 319 -97 675 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 91 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 48 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2013...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT MAY 9 2013...........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$