478 CDUS44 KLIX 040806 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 204 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 68 355 AM 83 1955 69 -1 55 MINIMUM 35 1159 PM 25 1980 51 -16 35 AVERAGE 52 60 -8 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.39 2001 0.16 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.47 -0.46 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.47 -0.46 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 9.04 10.92 -1.88 13.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 6 7 20 MONTH TO DATE 13 18 -5 53 SINCE MAR 1 13 18 -5 53 SINCE JUL 1 1366 1127 239 942 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 3 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 7 3 4 0 SINCE JAN 1 31 40 -9 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.3 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 100 1200 AM LOWEST 61 500 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 83 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2014.........SUNRISE 624 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST MARCH 5 2014.........SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$