736 CDUS44 KLIX 080820 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 54 418 PM 83 1974 70 -16 62 MINIMUM 45 433 AM 30 1966 52 -7 43 AVERAGE 50 61 -11 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.80 1995 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 1.08 -0.59 T SINCE MAR 1 0.49 1.08 -0.59 T SINCE JAN 1 9.52 11.53 -2.01 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 15 6 9 12 MONTH TO DATE 85 42 43 86 SINCE MAR 1 85 42 43 86 SINCE JUL 1 1438 1151 287 975 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 9 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 7 9 -2 0 SINCE JAN 1 31 46 -15 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 71 400 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 27 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2014.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST MARCH 9 2014.........SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$