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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
243 AM CST THU MAR 24 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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         71    325 PM  86    1907  73     -2       70       
  MINIMUM         50   1159 PM  33    2002  51     -1       41       
                                      1986                          
  AVERAGE         61                        62     -1       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          T    2003   0.16  -0.16     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.77                      3.71  -1.94     1.69    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.77                      3.71  -1.94     1.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.62                     15.00  -3.38    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        4                         5     -1        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  184                       153     31       64       
  SINCE MAR 1    184                       153     31       64       
  SINCE JUL 1   1275                      1596   -321     1500       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   13                        38    -25       58       
  SINCE MAR 1     13                        38    -25       58       
  SINCE JAN 1     77                        64     13       73       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     44           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        86      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        31      1968                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 24 2005.........SUNRISE   603 AM CST   SUNSET   619 PM CST   
MARCH 25 2005.........SUNRISE   602 AM CST   SUNSET   619 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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