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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
214 AM CST THU JAN 6 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79R   257 PM  77    1955  60     19       71       
  MINIMUM         66   1250 AM  20    1999  40     26       38       
  AVERAGE         73                        50     23       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.21 2002   0.19  -0.19     0.45    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.95  -0.94     0.46    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      6.21  -3.06     3.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.01                      0.95  -0.94     0.46    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      T                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1      T                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        15    -15       10       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        75    -75       11       
  SINCE DEC 1    445                       472    -27      452       
  SINCE JUL 1    576                       735   -159      634       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         1      7        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                         5     16       15       
  SINCE DEC 1     37                        27     10       15       
  SINCE JAN 1     21                         5     16       15       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        80      1989                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        15      1929                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  6 2005.......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   519 PM CST   
JANUARY  7 2005.......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   520 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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