PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
NEW ORLEANS INTL AIRPORT - MARCH 1998

*PLEASE NOTE* This is preliminary data.
For official climate records, please contact the National Climatic Data Center. Thank you!



                              HDD   CDD
     DAY   MAX   MIN   AVG   DEP   (BASE 65)    PRECIP
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       1    61    43    52   -6     13     0     0.00
       2    65    40    53   -5     12     0     0.00
       3    57    40    49   -9     16     0     0.00
       4    67    43    55   -3     10     0    TRACE
       5    70    59    65    6      0     0     0.38
       6    73    63    68    9      0     3     1.35
       7    73    63    68    9      0     3     1.50
       8    73    45    59   -1      6     0     0.04
       9    55    42    49  -11     16     0     0.00
      10    54    39    47  -13     18     0     0.00
      11    53    35    44  -17     21     0     0.00
      12    48    34    41  -20     24     0     0.00
      13    61    40    51  -10     14     0     0.00
      14    67    44    56   -5      9     0    TRACE
      15    73    48    61    0      4     0     0.00
      16    75    58    67    5      0     2     0.28
      17    74    63    69    7      0     4     1.14
      18    68    61    65    3      0     0     1.07
      19    73    59    66    4      0     1     0.00
      20    60    45    53  -10     12     0     0.00
      21    60    45    53  -10     12     0     0.00
      22    64    40    52  -11     13     0     0.00
      23    71    46    59   -4      6     0     0.00
      24    72    49    61   -2      4     0     0.00
      25    77    56    67    3      0     2     0.00
      26    79    62    71    7      0     6     0.00
      27    79    62    71    7      0     6     0.00
      28    80    66    73    8      0     8     0.00
      29    81    68    75   10      0    10    TRACE
      30    79    70    75   10      0    10     0.00
      31    78    59    69    4      0     4     0.21
     SUM  2120  1587
     AVG  68.4  51.2
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      *TEMPERATURE DATA*              *PRECIPITATION DATA* 
      ------------------              --------------------
    AVERAGE MONTHLY: 59.8             MONTHLY TOTAL:   5.97
          DEPARTURE: -1.8                 DEPARTURE:   1.07
      HIGHEST: 81 ON: 29
       LOWEST: 34 ON: 15
                                 GREATEST in 24 HRS:   1.50 on  7
                                 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIP:
     NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:                   >= 0.01 INCH:  8
     MAX 32 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.10 INCH:  7
     MAX 90 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.50 INCH:  4
     MIN 32 OR BELOW:    0                  >= 1.00 INCH:  4
     MIN  0 OR BELOW:    0
 HDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:  210
           DEPARTURE:   48
      SEASONAL TOTAL: 1357
           DEPARTURE: -128
 CDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:   59
           DEPARTURE:    3
      SEASONAL TOTAL:   64
           DEPARTURE:  -34


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