899 CDUS44 KLIX 290702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 83 1037 AM 91 1987 81 2 76 1948 MINIMUM 72 1231 PM 44 1992 63 9 62 1973 AVERAGE 78 72 6 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.46 3.62 1998 0.16 0.30 T MONTH TO DATE 7.82 4.29 3.53 11.97 SINCE MAR 1 14.18 8.84 5.34 18.33 SINCE JAN 1 22.31 19.29 3.02 26.03 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 32 -29 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 168 -127 70 SINCE JUL 1 755 1277 -522 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 8 5 4 MONTH TO DATE 179 142 37 262 SINCE MAR 1 322 205 117 386 SINCE JAN 1 358 242 116 404 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 100 AM LOWEST 79 900 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 90 2002 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 45 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2016.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 30 2016.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$