154 CDUS44 KLIX 180704 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 204 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 445 PM 92 1988 85 -9 90 1948 MINIMUM 57 507 AM 51 1967 67 -10 66 AVERAGE 67 76 -9 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 2004 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 2.37 -1.77 1.11 SINCE MAR 1 11.43 12.63 -1.20 6.63 SINCE JAN 1 17.17 23.97 -6.80 15.47 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 195 -137 223 SINCE JUL 1 1308 1417 -109 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 11 -9 13 MONTH TO DATE 160 151 9 232 SINCE MAR 1 554 349 205 403 SINCE JAN 1 624 380 244 409 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 1100 PM LOWEST 31 400 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 94 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1971 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2011...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT MAY 19 2011...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$