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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
214 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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         74   1118 AM  85    1921  69      5       80       
  MINIMUM         48    321 AM  29    1901  48      0       50       
  AVERAGE         61                        58      3       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.26                      0.16   0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.33                      1.15  -0.82     0.43    
  SINCE MAR 1      0.33                      1.15  -0.82     0.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.18                     12.44  -2.26    15.63    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      T                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         8     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   70                        58     12        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     70                        58     12        0       
  SINCE JUL 1   1161                      1501   -340     1436       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7       44       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         7     -7       44       
  SINCE JAN 1     64                        33     31       59       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     64          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        88      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        29      1996                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  8 2005.........SUNRISE   623 AM CST   SUNSET   608 PM CST   
MARCH  9 2005.........SUNRISE   621 AM CST   SUNSET   609 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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