531 CDUS44 KLIX 070701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 77 245 PM 89 1955 76 1 84 MINIMUM 59 408 AM 40 1966 58 1 68 AVERAGE 68 67 1 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.40 1983 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.00 0.90 3.10 0.27 SINCE MAR 1 10.36 5.45 4.91 6.63 SINCE JAN 1 18.49 15.90 2.59 14.33 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 12 -9 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 148 -107 70 SINCE JUL 1 755 1257 -502 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 11 MONTH TO DATE 12 21 -9 50 SINCE MAR 1 155 84 71 174 SINCE JAN 1 191 121 70 192 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 1986 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 35 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2016.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT APRIL 8 2016.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$