129 CDUS44 KLIX 080800 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 77 116 PM 83 1974 70 7 62 MINIMUM 57 419 AM 30 1966 52 5 40 AVERAGE 67 61 6 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.80 1995 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 1.08 -1.05 1.14 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 1.08 -1.05 1.14 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 11.53 -3.37 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 0 6 -6 14 MONTH TO DATE 10 42 -32 52 SINCE MAR 1 10 42 -32 52 SINCE JUL 1 724 1151 -427 1256 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 2 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 9 -1 21 SINCE MAR 1 8 9 -1 21 SINCE JAN 1 44 46 -2 39 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 700 AM LOWEST 49 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 27 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2016.........SUNRISE 618 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST MARCH 9 2016.........SUNRISE 617 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$