Severe Weather Across the Southeast; Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth for the West

Severe thunderstorms will continue today across portions of the Southeast as this system tracks offshore. Meanwhile, dry and breezy conditions will increase fire weather concerns for areas of central Florida today; The threat shifts into portions of the northern Plains on Friday. Record warmth will spread for the southern Plains, Southwest, central Great Basin and interior California next week. Read More >

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Climate Data for May 7

	Normal High*	Normal Low*	Record High	Record Low	Record Precipitation
Baton Rouge (since 1892)	84	63	96 (1922)	45 (1992)	4.85 (1972)
Biloxi, MS (since 1893)	81	66	92 (1896)	47 (1992)	2.9 (1946)
McComb, MS (since 1948)	82	60	93 (1952)	41 (1992)	3.89 (1972)
New Orleans - City (since 1893)	86	67	93 (2002)	51 (1958)	2.97 (1960)
New Orleans Intl Airport - MSY (since 1871)	83	67	91 (2018)	47 (1968)	1.33 (1976)
Slidell, LA (since 1956)	81	63	92 (1956)	49 (2016)	2.93 (1960)

*30 Year Climate Normals from 1991 to 2020
Nine tornadoes touched down over southern and coastal Mississippi. An F2 tornado touched down near Poplarville, MS (Pearl River County), and moved northeast producing intermittent damage along a roughly 3 mile path. A second F2 tornado touched down near Bay St. Louis, causing damage to homes and sailboats at the Yacht Club.

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Severe Weather Across the Southeast; Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth for the West

New Orleans Area Daily Climate Data