433 CDUS44 KLIX 170706 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 206 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 1020 PM 87 2012 78 -6 78 1972 MINIMUM 68 711 AM 42 1961 60 8 69 AVERAGE 70 69 1 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.27 1973 0.16 -0.15 0.72 MONTH TO DATE 6.74 2.42 4.32 7.58 SINCE MAR 1 13.10 6.97 6.13 13.94 SINCE JAN 1 21.23 17.42 3.81 21.64 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 26 -23 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 162 -121 70 SINCE JUL 1 755 1271 -516 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 5 0 9 MONTH TO DATE 63 66 -3 152 SINCE MAR 1 206 129 77 276 SINCE JAN 1 242 166 76 294 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 AM LOWEST 73 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1983 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2016.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 18 2016.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$