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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
203 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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         74    100 PM  90    1999  79     -5       88       
  MINIMUM         49   1159 PM  42    1927  58     -9       70       
  AVERAGE         62                        68     -6       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.02 2002   0.19  -0.19     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.13                      4.27  -3.14     0.64    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.19                      9.34  -6.15     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.04                     20.63  -7.59    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        3                         1      2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   24                        50    -26       83       
  SINCE MAR 1    224                       235    -11      160       
  SINCE JUL 1   1315                      1678   -363     1596       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         5     -5       14       
  MONTH TO DATE   64                        80    -16       61       
  SINCE MAR 1     93                       135    -42      136       
  SINCE JAN 1    157                       161     -4      151       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     33           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        91      1999                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        45      1998                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE   627 AM CDT   SUNSET   738 PM CDT   
APRIL 25 2005.........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   739 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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