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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
209 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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         76    158 PM  86    2001  75      1       78       
                                      1989                          
  MINIMUM         47    622 AM  32    1987  53     -6       48       
  AVERAGE         62                        64     -2       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.00 2002   0.18  -0.18     0.00    
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.12                      0.71  -0.59     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.18                      5.78  -3.60     2.42    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.03                     17.07  -5.04    17.62    
                                                                     
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        3                         3      0        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        12      3       14       
  SINCE MAR 1    215                       197     18       91       
  SINCE JUL 1   1306                      1640   -334     1527       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        11    -10        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     30                        66    -36       75       
  SINCE JAN 1     94                        92      2       90       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        87      1982                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        33      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  5 2005.........SUNRISE   649 AM CDT   SUNSET   726 PM CDT   
APRIL  6 2005.........SUNRISE   647 AM CDT   SUNSET   727 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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