958 CDUS44 KLIX 090800 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 79 110 PM 84 1980 70 9 71 MINIMUM 68 347 AM 27 1971 52 16 44 AVERAGE 74 61 13 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.18 1972 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 1.23 -1.20 1.14 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 1.23 -1.20 1.14 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 11.68 -3.52 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 7 MONTH TO DATE 10 48 -38 59 SINCE MAR 1 10 48 -38 59 SINCE JUL 1 724 1157 -433 1263 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 2 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 11 6 21 SINCE MAR 1 17 11 6 21 SINCE JAN 1 53 48 5 39 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 400 PM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 83 2000 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 29 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2016.........SUNRISE 617 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST MARCH 10 2016.........SUNRISE 616 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. $$