588 CDUS44 KLIX 200718 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 212 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 86 126 PM 92 1998 86 0 87 MINIMUM 68 1052 PM 55 1976 69 -1 73 AVERAGE 77 78 -1 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.78 2.18 1952 0.13 1.65 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.02 2.64 1.38 3.83 SINCE MAR 1 20.27 11.80 8.47 22.16 SINCE JAN 1 28.40 22.25 6.15 29.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 170 -129 70 SINCE JUL 1 755 1279 -524 1274 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 12 0 15 MONTH TO DATE 205 196 9 248 SINCE MAR 1 553 416 137 640 SINCE JAN 1 589 453 136 658 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1100 PM LOWEST 65 1100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 94 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 55 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2016...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT MAY 21 2016...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$