974 CDUS44 KLIX 280830 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 66 337 PM 83 1962 68 -2 52 MINIMUM 41 624 AM 24 1974 50 -9 37 AVERAGE 54 59 -5 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.36 1966 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.72 5.14 -1.42 2.03 SINCE DEC 1 14.59 15.53 -0.94 11.66 SINCE JAN 1 8.13 10.29 -2.16 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 11 7 4 20 MONTH TO DATE 191 246 -55 345 SINCE DEC 1 647 938 -291 961 SINCE JUL 1 705 1102 -397 1191 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 27 5 10 SINCE DEC 1 147 70 77 49 SINCE JAN 1 36 43 -7 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 400 AM LOWEST 18 500 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 84 2011 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2016......SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST FEBRUARY 29 2016......SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$