556 CDUS44 KLIX 250820 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 210 AM CST THU FEB 25 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 61 342 PM 83 2011 67 -6 48 MINIMUM 48 718 AM 28 1989 50 -2 40 AVERAGE 55 59 -4 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.15 1985 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.72 4.64 -0.92 1.67 SINCE DEC 1 14.59 15.03 -0.44 11.30 SINCE JAN 1 8.13 9.79 -1.66 7.34 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 7 3 21 MONTH TO DATE 158 225 -67 284 SINCE DEC 1 614 917 -303 900 SINCE JUL 1 672 1081 -409 1130 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 24 8 10 SINCE DEC 1 147 67 80 49 SINCE JAN 1 36 40 -4 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 800 PM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 82 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 30 1968 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2016......SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2016......SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$