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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
213 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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         64    423 PM  87    1917  67     -3       63       
  MINIMUM         50   1157 PM  22    1935  46      4       37       
  AVERAGE         57                        56      1       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.45 2001   0.17  -0.17     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.96                      5.10  -1.14    11.44    
  SINCE DEC 1     12.99                     16.55  -3.56    17.82    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.85                     11.29  -1.44    15.20    
                                                                     
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        8                         9     -1       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  217                       326   -109      399       
  SINCE DEC 1    960                      1180   -220     1252       
  SINCE JUL 1   1091                      1443   -352     1434       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   26                        15     11        0       
  SINCE DEC 1     80                        48     32       15       
  SINCE JAN 1     64                        26     38       15       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        86      1917                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        25      1920                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  1 2005.........SUNRISE   631 AM CST   SUNSET   604 PM CST   
MARCH  2 2005.........SUNRISE   630 AM CST   SUNSET   604 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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