349 CDUS44 KLIX 060820 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 75 515 PM 83 1955 69 6 72 MINIMUM 49 628 AM 29 2002 52 -3 34 AVERAGE 62 60 2 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 7.87 1948 0.15 -0.15 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.77 -0.74 1.14 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 0.77 -0.74 1.14 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 11.22 -3.06 8.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 6 -3 12 MONTH TO DATE 8 30 -22 15 SINCE MAR 1 8 30 -22 15 SINCE JUL 1 722 1139 -417 1219 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 5 1 21 SINCE MAR 1 6 5 1 21 SINCE JAN 1 42 42 0 39 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 200 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 31 2015 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2016.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 7 2016.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$