675 CDUS44 KLIX 010708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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 80 139 PM 86 1974 75 5 82 1954 MINIMUM 73 645 AM 34 1987 56 17 61 1971 AVERAGE 77 66 11 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.60 1952 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.36 4.55 1.81 6.36 SINCE MAR 1 6.36 4.55 1.81 6.36 SINCE JAN 1 14.49 15.00 -0.51 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 38 137 -99 70 SINCE MAR 1 38 136 -98 70 SINCE JUL 1 752 1245 -493 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 3 9 7 MONTH TO DATE 143 63 80 124 SINCE MAR 1 143 63 80 124 SINCE JAN 1 179 100 79 142 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 400 AM LOWEST 74 1100 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 86 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 37 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2016.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT APRIL 2 2016.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$