904 CDUS44 KLIX 270720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 220 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 26 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 91 341 PM 93 1980 87 4 90 MINIMUM 75 1158 PM 48 1979 69 6 70 AVERAGE 83 78 5 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 2.63 1993 0.16 -0.01 0.79 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 3.73 -2.98 1.93 SINCE MAR 1 11.58 13.99 -2.41 7.45 SINCE JAN 1 17.32 25.33 -8.01 16.29 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 18 12 6 15 MONTH TO DATE 306 255 51 388 SINCE MAR 1 700 453 247 559 SINCE JAN 1 770 484 286 565 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... 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 2011...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT MAY 28 2011...........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. $$