875 CDUS44 KLIX 220703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 81 1116 AM 92 1987 79 2 78 MINIMUM 67 1157 PM 46 1953 61 6 63 1950 AVERAGE 74 70 4 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.52 1.72 1977 0.16 0.36 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.26 3.20 4.06 8.81 SINCE MAR 1 13.62 7.75 5.87 15.17 SINCE JAN 1 21.75 18.20 3.55 22.87 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 31 -28 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 167 -126 70 SINCE JUL 1 755 1276 -521 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 6 3 6 MONTH TO DATE 107 94 13 199 SINCE MAR 1 250 157 93 323 SINCE JAN 1 286 194 92 341 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 89 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 46 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2016.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT APRIL 23 2016.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$