230 CDUS44 KLIX 070702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 78 321 PM 92 1952 83 -5 85 MINIMUM 63 1144 PM 49 1968 66 -3 68 AVERAGE 71 74 -3 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.35 1960 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.99 0.85 1.14 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 18.24 10.01 8.23 18.35 SINCE JAN 1 26.37 20.46 5.91 26.05 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 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 170 -129 70 SINCE JUL 1 755 1279 -524 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 9 -3 12 MONTH TO DATE 46 52 -6 54 SINCE MAR 1 394 272 122 446 SINCE JAN 1 430 309 121 464 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 56 600 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 91 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 47 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2016...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT MAY 8 2016...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$