Eastern Orleans Parish storm history

Temperatures were below freezing for approximately 60 hours from the evening of January 20th through the afternoon of January 23rd. The coldest period was the morning of January 22nd when air temperatures and wind chills dropped into the 10 to 15 degree range across the parish.

Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. 62 yr old Female - perished in a fire caused by a space heater.

The parish suffered widespread tree damage with many trees snapped or uprooted, some falling on homes or power lines. Numerous power poles were also snapped. The strong winds also caused widespread minor to moderate structural damage such as shingle and minor roof damage, awning …

A combination of heat and humidity allowed heat indices to climb into the 113-115 degree range on July 29th, which meet extreme heat conditions.

A combination of heat and humidity allowed heat indices to climb into the 113-115 degree range on July 28th, which meet extreme heat conditions.

A combination of heat and humidity allowed heat indices to climb into the 113-115 degree range on July 23rd, which meet extreme heat conditions.

Francine produced strong tropical storm winds across the parish, resulting in scattered damage to trees and powerlines, and isolated structural damage.

Using a combination of MHHW data from New Canal as well as analysis from the storm surge unit, peak storm surge in eastern Orleans was 3-5 feet above normally dry ground right along the coast of the parish.

High tides inundated areas outside the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System for multiple days. Highway 11 near Irish Bayou was impassable in spots between I-10 and Highway 90. Neighborhoods in Venetian Isles were not accessible except by boat due to the high water.

Nearby mesonet and ASOS observations showed temperatures dropping below freezing around 2am on the 16th. Rain switched over to freezing rain around this time, resulting in around 0.1 inches ice accumulation. It can be assumed similar amounts fell across the parish as radar reflec…

An abnormally dry summer and fall lead to continuing D2 to D4 drought conditions across the zone.

The entire parish was in D3-D4 drought for the entire month.

The parish was under D3-D4 drought for the entire month.

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 27th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 26th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 24th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 23rd. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for most of southeast Louisiana on August 19th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for most of southeast Louisiana on August 15th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 14th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 13th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 12th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 11th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 10th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 9th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 8th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 7th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 6th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 5th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 4th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 2nd. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 1st. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over all of southeast Louisiana during the last day of July. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over all of southeast Louisiana in mid July. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 118 degree range.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over New Orleans Metro on July 20th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were at or slightly above 113 degrees.

The eastern portion of the parish was in D2 drought through most of the month after a prolonged period of minimal rainfall.

The eastern portion of the parish developed into D2 drought the last week of the month after a prolonged period of minimal rainfall.

Storm surge flooding also affected areas outside the hurricane and storm damage risk reduction system levees. Several feet of water covered portions of US Hwy 90, with estimated peak inundation of 5-7 ft. Water was also a few feet deep throughout Venetian isles, flooding several …

A few tropical storm force gusts were measured across the parish, but no significant impacts were reported. In far eastern portions of the parish, 4 to 6 inches of rain fell over the course of around 4 to 6 hours, and gauge data indicates inundation of up to 1 ft likely occurred …