685 CDUS44 KLIX 170707 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 206 AM CDT THU APR 17 2014 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 63 354 PM 87 2012 78 -15 84 1972 MINIMUM 47 622 AM 42 1961 60 -13 73 AVERAGE 55 69 -14 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.27 1973 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.17 2.42 -0.25 5.76 SINCE MAR 1 7.42 6.97 0.45 6.84 SINCE JAN 1 16.45 17.42 -0.97 20.64 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 10 1 9 0 MONTH TO DATE 34 26 8 23 SINCE MAR 1 221 162 59 232 SINCE JUL 1 1574 1271 303 1121 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 14 MONTH TO DATE 56 66 -10 63 SINCE MAR 1 77 129 -52 99 SINCE JAN 1 101 166 -65 131 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 900 PM LOWEST 39 600 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1983 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2014.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 18 2014.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$