349 CDUS44 KLIX 300702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 87 132 PM 90 2002 81 6 74 1999 MINIMUM 73 355 AM 45 1973 64 9 59 AVERAGE 80 73 7 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.86 1991 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.82 4.45 3.37 11.97 SINCE MAR 1 14.18 9.00 5.18 18.33 SINCE JAN 1 22.31 19.45 2.86 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 15 8 7 2 MONTH TO DATE 194 150 44 264 SINCE MAR 1 337 213 124 388 SINCE JAN 1 373 250 123 406 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 61 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 89 2002 1955 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 46 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2016.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT MAY 1 2016...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$