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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
217 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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         83    238 PM  90    1920  77      6       75       
  MINIMUM         50    533 AM  39    1983  56     -6       42       
  AVERAGE         67                        67      0       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.19  -0.19     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.13                      2.94  -1.81     0.64    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.19                      8.01  -4.82     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.04                     19.30  -6.26    18.26    
                                                                     
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                         2     -2        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        40    -20       81       
  SINCE MAR 1    220                       225     -5      158       
  SINCE JUL 1   1311                      1668   -357     1594       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         4     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   34                        50    -16       14       
  SINCE MAR 1     63                       105    -42       89       
  SINCE JAN 1    127                       131     -4      104       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        89      1920                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        41      1949                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE   635 AM CDT   SUNSET   734 PM CDT   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   634 AM CDT   SUNSET   734 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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