865 CDUS44 KLIX 070800 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 76 200 PM 84 1955 70 6 53 MINIMUM 50 451 AM 31 2015 52 -2 31 1960 AVERAGE 63 61 2 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.35 1998 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.92 -0.89 1.14 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 0.92 -0.89 1.14 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 11.37 -3.21 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 2 6 -4 23 MONTH TO DATE 10 36 -26 38 SINCE MAR 1 10 36 -26 38 SINCE JUL 1 724 1145 -421 1242 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 7 -1 21 SINCE MAR 1 6 7 -1 21 SINCE JAN 1 42 44 -2 39 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 500 AM LOWEST 33 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 30 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2016.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST MARCH 8 2016.........SUNRISE 618 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. $$