235 CDUS44 KLIX 130701 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 1241 PM 86 2001 77 0 74 1972 1948 MINIMUM 67 637 AM 40 1989 59 8 70 AVERAGE 72 68 4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.70 5.27 1980 0.16 0.54 1.61 MONTH TO DATE 4.70 1.80 2.90 2.62 SINCE MAR 1 11.06 6.35 4.71 8.98 SINCE JAN 1 19.19 16.80 2.39 16.68 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 22 -19 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 158 -117 70 SINCE JUL 1 755 1267 -512 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 41 46 -5 117 SINCE MAR 1 184 109 75 241 SINCE JAN 1 220 146 74 259 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 73 300 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 87 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 44 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2016.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT APRIL 14 2016.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$