560 CDUS44 KLIX 310720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 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 88 1054 AM 95 1977 87 1 87 MINIMUM 72 116 PM 55 1960 70 2 71 AVERAGE 80 79 1 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.74 2.90 1995 0.18 2.56 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.68 4.43 0.25 2.63 SINCE MAR 1 10.20 14.69 -4.49 9.03 SINCE JAN 1 19.04 26.03 -6.99 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 13 2 14 MONTH TO DATE 455 307 148 401 SINCE MAR 1 626 505 121 658 SINCE JAN 1 632 536 96 717 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 55 1100 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 96 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 52 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 31 2010...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT JUNE 1 2010..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$