383 CDUS44 KLIX 060802 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CST THU MAR 6 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 55 909 PM 83 1955 69 -14 76 MINIMUM 42 531 AM 29 2002 52 -10 53 AVERAGE 49 60 -11 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 7.87 1948 0.15 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.77 -0.28 T SINCE MAR 1 0.49 0.77 -0.28 T SINCE JAN 1 9.52 11.22 -1.70 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 16 6 10 0 MONTH TO DATE 55 30 25 63 SINCE MAR 1 55 30 25 63 SINCE JUL 1 1408 1139 269 952 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 5 2 0 SINCE MAR 1 7 5 2 0 SINCE JAN 1 31 42 -11 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 77 400 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 31 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2014.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 7 2014.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$