596 CDUS44 KLIX 290720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 28 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 93 403 PM 96 1953 87 6 91 MINIMUM 72 507 AM 54 1961 69 3 73 AVERAGE 83 78 5 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1965 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 4.07 -2.14 2.63 SINCE MAR 1 7.45 14.33 -6.88 9.03 SINCE JAN 1 16.29 25.67 -9.38 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 18 13 5 17 MONTH TO DATE 422 281 141 374 SINCE MAR 1 593 479 114 631 SINCE JAN 1 599 510 89 690 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 94 2000 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 55 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 29 2010...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT MAY 30 2010...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$