503 CDUS44 KLIX 220720 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 219 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 90 425 PM 92 2012 86 4 91 2005 MINIMUM 73 942 PM 53 1981 69 4 69 AVERAGE 82 78 4 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.78 1966 0.15 -0.15 1.45 MONTH TO DATE 4.10 2.94 1.16 5.43 SINCE MAR 1 20.35 12.10 8.25 23.76 SINCE JAN 1 28.48 22.55 5.93 31.46 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 17 13 4 15 MONTH TO DATE 237 222 15 280 SINCE MAR 1 585 442 143 672 SINCE JAN 1 621 479 142 690 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 300 AM LOWEST 47 500 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 93 1996 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 53 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2016...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT MAY 23 2016...........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$