Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Central Plains and Midwest; Heat Pushes into the South and East

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of large hail in excess of two inches, strong tornadoes, and damaging wind gusts are likely across parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley and Midwest this evening. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring a flooding threat to portions of the Central Plains to the Midwest through Thursday. The heatwave in the Central U.S. will begin to push South and East Thursday Read More >

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Climate Data for June 11

	Normal High*	Normal Low*	Record High	Record Low	Record Precipitation
Baton Rouge (since 1892)	90	71	98 (1953)	59 (1988)	2.13 (1992)
Biloxi, MS (since 1893)	88	74	98 (1977)	58 (1913)	7.17 (2001)
McComb, MS (since 1948)	89	68	98 (1953)	54 (1955)	0.79 (1992)
New Orleans - City (since 1893)	92	75	98 (1914)	57 (1930)	5.3 (1991)
New Orleans Intl Airport - MSY (since 1871)	90	74	96 (2007)	60 (1955)	3.25 (1992)
Slidell, LA (since 1956)	88	72	95 (1982)	64 (2020)	8.2 (2001)

*30 Year Climate Normals from 1991 to 2020
Remnants of Tropical Storm Allison, which deluged the greater Houston, TX area, also produced widespread heavy rains and flooding across SE LA and southern Mississippi as it made a second landfall near Morgan City. A magnitude F1 tornado was spawned in Harrison County Mississippi and caused $100,000 in damage.

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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Central Plains and Midwest; Heat Pushes into the South and East

New Orleans Area Daily Climate Data