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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
206 AM CDT THU APR 7 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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         84   1210 PM  88    1908  75      9       78       
  MINIMUM         62   1140 PM  39    1971  54      8       48       
  AVERAGE         73                        64      9       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.07          T    2003   0.18  -0.11     0.32    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.19                      1.07  -0.88     0.32    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.25                      6.14  -3.89     2.74    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.10                     17.43  -5.33    17.94    
                                                                     
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        0                         3     -3        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        18     -3       23       
  SINCE MAR 1    215                       203     12      100       
  SINCE JUL 1   1306                      1646   -340     1536       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         3      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        17     -5        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     41                        72    -31       75       
  SINCE JAN 1    105                        98      7       90       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        89      1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        36      1996                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  7 2005.........SUNRISE   646 AM CDT   SUNSET   727 PM CDT   
APRIL  8 2005.........SUNRISE   645 AM CDT   SUNSET   728 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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