633 CDUS44 KLIX 270720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 26 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 90 303 PM 93 1980 87 3 85 MINIMUM 70 819 PM 48 1979 69 1 71 AVERAGE 80 78 2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.79 2.63 1993 0.16 0.63 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 3.73 -1.80 2.63 SINCE MAR 1 7.45 13.99 -6.54 9.03 SINCE JAN 1 16.29 25.33 -9.04 19.82 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 12 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 388 255 133 341 SINCE MAR 1 559 453 106 598 SINCE JAN 1 565 484 81 657 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 400 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 94 1982 1978 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 54 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 27 2010...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT MAY 28 2010...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$