CDUS44 KLIX 182150 CLIMSY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 450 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1946 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 89 2:00 PM 94 1962 86 3 90 MINIMUM 75 5:58 AM 55 1967 70 5 76 1971 AVERAGE 82 78 4 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.23 1980 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.74 3.15 2.59 5.19 SINCE MAR 1 12.66 12.73 -0.07 14.67 SINCE JAN 1 17.86 22.04 -4.18 24.79 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 58 145 -87 75 SINCE JUL 1 931 1175 -244 965 COOLING TODAY 17 13 4 18 MONTH TO DATE 164 194 -30 206 SINCE MAR 1 563 455 108 591 SINCE JAN 1 656 505 151 677 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 4:00 AM LOWEST 59 1:00 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 921998 2024 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 55 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 6:06 AM CDT SUNSET 7:49 PM CDT MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 6:05 AM CDT SUNSET 7:50 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$