Expires:No;;492642 SXUS74 KLIX 060706 RERNEW RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 0101 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT NEW ORLEANS... ...RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT NEW ORLEANS... ...MARDI GRAS RECORD TIED... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES WAS SET AT NEW ORLEANS LOUIS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 79 SET ON THIS DATE IN 1957. A RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES WAS RECORDED AT NEW ORLEANS LOUIS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS WARMEST LOW OF 64 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE IN 1994. THE WARMEST LOW OF 69 DEGREES AT NEW ORLEANS YESTERDAY ALSO TIES FOR THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON A MARDI GRAS DAY...THE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 8TH 1921. $$