Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
110 CXUS54 KLIX 011430 CLMMSY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 930 AM CDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1946 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 89 03/18/1982 LOW 17 03/22/2016 HIGHEST 83 03/14 MM MM 86 03/09 LOWEST 44 03/19 MM MM 39 03/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.5 72.3 1.2 75.7 AVG. MINIMUM 57.9 55.3 2.6 59.6 MEAN 65.7 63.8 1.9 67.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 19.09 1948 MINIMUM 0.24 1955 TOTALS 8.69 4.36 4.33 2.15 DAILY AVG. 0.28 0.14 0.14 0.07 DAYS >= .01 8 8.1 -0.1 8 DAYS >= .10 6 5.1 0.9 2 DAYS >= .50 5 2.4 2.6 1 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.6 1.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.23 03/04 TO 03/05 1.66 03/17 TO 03/17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 59 118 -59 88 SINCE 7/1 955 1149 -194 MM COOLING TOTAL 87 81 6 178 SINCE 1/1 128 131 -3 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/100 DATE 03/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/320 DATE 03/15 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.67 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$