456 CDUS44 KLIX 280720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT MON MAR 28 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27 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 72 338 PM 85 2011 74 -2 70 MINIMUM 64 1159 PM 30 1955 55 9 51 AVERAGE 68 65 3 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.88 2.53 1960 0.15 1.73 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.21 3.94 2.27 6.36 SINCE MAR 1 6.21 3.94 2.27 6.36 SINCE JAN 1 14.34 14.39 -0.05 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 38 125 -87 65 SINCE MAR 1 38 125 -87 65 SINCE JUL 1 752 1234 -482 1269 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 3 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 112 51 61 109 SINCE MAR 1 112 51 61 109 SINCE JAN 1 148 88 60 127 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 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 93 800 AM LOWEST 73 400 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 84 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 28 2016.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT MARCH 29 2016.........SUNRISE 653 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. $$