626 CDUS44 KLIX 270720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 26 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 76 431 PM 84 2011 74 2 70 MINIMUM 56 1232 AM 33 1968 55 1 59 AVERAGE 66 65 1 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.24 1974 0.16 -0.16 0.35 MONTH TO DATE 4.33 3.79 0.54 6.36 SINCE MAR 1 4.33 3.79 0.54 6.36 SINCE JAN 1 12.46 14.24 -1.78 14.06 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 38 122 -84 61 SINCE MAR 1 38 122 -84 61 SINCE JUL 1 752 1231 -479 1265 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 3 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 109 48 61 109 SINCE MAR 1 109 48 61 109 SINCE JAN 1 145 85 60 127 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 68 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 85 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 30 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 27 2016.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT MARCH 28 2016.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$