401 CDUS44 KLIX 190710 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 209 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 75 332 PM 89 1982 72 3 81 MINIMUM 63 1159 PM 33 1960 54 9 67 AVERAGE 69 63 6 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.98R 1.57 1975 0.13 1.85 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 4.08 2.63 1.45 5.22 SINCE MAR 1 4.08 2.63 1.45 5.22 SINCE JAN 1 12.21 13.08 -0.87 12.92 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 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 95 -85 60 SINCE MAR 1 10 95 -85 60 SINCE JUL 1 724 1204 -480 1264 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 2 2 9 MONTH TO DATE 101 31 70 66 SINCE MAR 1 101 31 70 66 SINCE JAN 1 137 68 69 84 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 64 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 87 1982 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 38 1967 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2016.........SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 712 PM CDT MARCH 20 2016.........SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$