446 CDUS44 KLIX 010720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 31 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 1257 PM 96 1951 88 2 90 MINIMUM 71 425 AM 52 1984 70 1 68 AVERAGE 81 79 2 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.49 9.85 1959 0.19 0.30 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.17 4.62 0.55 2.63 SINCE MAR 1 10.69 14.88 -4.19 9.03 SINCE JAN 1 19.53 26.22 -6.69 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 16 13 3 14 MONTH TO DATE 471 320 151 415 SINCE MAR 1 642 518 124 672 SINCE JAN 1 648 549 99 731 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 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 50 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 96 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 50 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JUNE 1 2010..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT JUNE 2 2010..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$