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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
215 AM CDT MON APR 18 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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         80    225 PM  89    1920  78      2       77       
  MINIMUM         50    548 AM  41    1949  56     -6       49       
  AVERAGE         65                        67     -2       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.19  -0.19     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.13                      3.13  -2.00     0.64    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.19                      8.20  -5.01     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.04                     19.49  -6.45    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        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        42    -22       83       
  SINCE MAR 1    220                       227     -7      160       
  SINCE JUL 1   1311                      1670   -359     1596       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   34                        54    -20       14       
  SINCE MAR 1     63                       109    -46       89       
  SINCE JAN 1    127                       135     -8      104       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        90      1920                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        38      1997                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   634 AM CDT   SUNSET   734 PM CDT   
APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE   633 AM CDT   SUNSET   735 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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