168 CDUS44 KLIX 070808 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 208 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 54 245 AM 84 1955 70 -16 62 MINIMUM 45 1003 PM 31 1960 52 -7 45 AVERAGE 50 61 -11 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.35 1998 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.92 -0.43 T SINCE MAR 1 0.49 0.92 -0.43 T SINCE JAN 1 9.52 11.37 -1.85 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 15 6 9 11 MONTH TO DATE 70 36 34 74 SINCE MAR 1 70 36 34 74 SINCE JUL 1 1423 1145 278 963 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 7 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 7 7 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 31 44 -13 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 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 1200 PM LOWEST 86 500 PM AVERAGE 91 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 30 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2014.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 8 2014.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$