257 CDUS44 KLIX 200708 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 207 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 89 1250 PM 92 1998 86 3 79 MINIMUM 70 519 AM 55 1976 67 3 64 AVERAGE 80 76 4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.18 1952 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.14 2.65 -1.51 0.18 SINCE MAR 1 6.66 12.91 -6.25 6.58 SINCE JAN 1 15.50 24.25 -8.75 17.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 223 195 28 114 SINCE JUL 1 1727 1417 310 1056 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 11 4 7 MONTH TO DATE 262 173 89 257 SINCE MAR 1 433 371 62 514 SINCE JAN 1 439 402 37 573 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 50 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 94 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2010...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT MAY 21 2010...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$