443 CDUS44 KLIX 010812 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 212 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 75 225 PM 83 2012 68 7 62 MINIMUM 54 305 AM 32 1984 51 3 41 AVERAGE 65 60 5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.80 1972 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 0 6 -6 13 MONTH TO DATE 200 259 -59 358 SINCE DEC 1 656 951 -295 974 SINCE JUL 1 714 1115 -401 1204 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 22 10 10 SINCE DEC 1 147 65 82 49 SINCE JAN 1 36 38 -2 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 46 400 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 83 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 26 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2016.........SUNRISE 626 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST MARCH 2 2016.........SUNRISE 625 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$