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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
251 AM CDT FRI APR 8 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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         75    243 PM  89    1954  76     -1       79       
  MINIMUM         54    604 AM  36    1996  54      0       60       
  AVERAGE         65                        65      0       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.04 2003   0.18  -0.18      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.19                      1.25  -1.06     0.32    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.25                      6.32  -4.07     2.74    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.10                     17.61  -5.51    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        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        21     -6       23       
  SINCE MAR 1    215                       206      9      100       
  SINCE JUL 1   1306                      1649   -343     1536       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        20     -8        5       
  SINCE MAR 1     41                        75    -34       80       
  SINCE JAN 1    105                       101      4       95       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        87      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        34      1939                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  8 2005.........SUNRISE   645 AM CDT   SUNSET   728 PM CDT   
APRIL  9 2005.........SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   729 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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