649 CDUS44 KLIX 030803 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 203 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 238 PM 83 2012 69 8 52 1971 1953 MINIMUM 61 301 AM 25 1980 51 10 38 AVERAGE 69 60 9 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.81 1991 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.31 -0.31 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.31 -0.31 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 9.03 10.76 -1.73 13.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 20 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 33 SINCE MAR 1 0 12 -12 33 SINCE JUL 1 1353 1121 232 922 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 2 5 0 SINCE MAR 1 7 2 5 0 SINCE JAN 1 31 39 -8 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 69 1200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 83 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 25 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2014.........SUNRISE 625 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST MARCH 4 2014.........SUNRISE 624 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$