552 CDUS44 KLIX 240813 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 211 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 609 PM 81 1982 67 7 58 1962 MINIMUM 58 1153 PM 26 1964 50 8 44 AVERAGE 66 58 8 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.61 3.06 1959 0.18 1.43 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 3.72 4.46 -0.74 1.67 SINCE DEC 1 14.59 14.85 -0.26 11.30 SINCE JAN 1 8.13 9.61 -1.48 7.34 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 14 MONTH TO DATE 148 218 -70 263 SINCE DEC 1 604 910 -306 879 SINCE JUL 1 662 1074 -412 1109 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 23 9 10 SINCE DEC 1 147 66 81 49 SINCE JAN 1 36 39 -3 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 84 1000 AM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 83 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 28 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2016......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2016......SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$