719 CDUS44 KLIX 090701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 82 309 PM 91 1998 84 -2 88 MINIMUM 61 420 AM 48 1992 66 -5 72 AVERAGE 72 75 -3 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 12.24 1995 0.15 -0.15 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 1.15 0.19 0.40 SINCE MAR 1 14.04 10.31 3.73 15.94 SINCE JAN 1 27.84 20.76 7.08 22.47 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 7 10 -3 15 MONTH TO DATE 25 72 -47 125 SINCE MAR 1 197 292 -95 578 SINCE JAN 1 229 329 -100 690 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 48 500 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 91 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 48 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2013...........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT MAY 10 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. $$