632 CDUS44 KLIX 270812 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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 59 459 PM 85 1972 68 -9 48 MINIMUM 45 1141 PM 29 1965 50 -5 38 AVERAGE 52 59 -7 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.35 1966 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.72 4.97 -1.25 2.03 SINCE DEC 1 14.59 15.36 -0.77 11.66 SINCE JAN 1 8.13 10.12 -1.99 7.70 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 13 7 6 22 MONTH TO DATE 180 239 -59 325 SINCE DEC 1 636 931 -295 941 SINCE JUL 1 694 1095 -401 1171 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 26 6 10 SINCE DEC 1 147 69 78 49 SINCE JAN 1 36 42 -6 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 61 1100 PM LOWEST 36 200 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 83 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 24 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2016......SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2016......SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$