000 CDUS44 KLIX 200858 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 257 AM CST SUN MAR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 230 PM 90 1908 72 6 80 MINIMUM 48 321 AM 30 1923 50 -2 56 AVERAGE 63 61 2 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 T 2001 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.08 3.07 -1.99 1.69 SINCE MAR 1 1.08 3.07 -1.99 1.69 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 14.36 -3.43 16.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 5 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 178 133 45 43 SINCE MAR 1 178 133 45 43 SINCE JUL 1 1269 1576 -307 1479 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 7 30 -23 54 SINCE MAR 1 7 30 -23 54 SINCE JAN 1 71 56 15 69 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 500 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 90 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 27 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST MARCH 21 2005.........SUNRISE 607 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$