110 CDUS44 KLIX 290819 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 209 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 70 233 PM 84 2011 68 2 62 1948 MINIMUM 42 605 AM 32 2002 51 -9 41 AVERAGE 56 59 -3 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.71 1995 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.72 5.30 -1.58 2.03 SINCE DEC 1 14.59 15.69 -1.10 11.66 SINCE JAN 1 8.13 10.45 -2.32 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 9 7 2 13 MONTH TO DATE 200 253 -53 358 SINCE DEC 1 656 945 -289 974 SINCE JUL 1 714 1109 -395 1204 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 21 11 10 SINCE DEC 1 147 64 83 49 SINCE JAN 1 36 37 -1 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 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 83 300 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 83 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2016......SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST MARCH 1 2016.........SUNRISE 626 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. $$