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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
204 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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         76    148 AM  92    1952  80     -4       72       
  MINIMUM         55   1159 PM  42    1908  60     -5       62       
  AVERAGE         66                        70     -4       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.46                      0.18   0.28     3.86    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.06                      5.56  -3.50     6.70    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.12                     10.63  -6.51     9.12    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.97                     21.92  -7.95    24.32    
                                                                     
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                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   38                        57    -19       83       
  SINCE MAR 1    238                       242     -4      160       
  SINCE JUL 1   1329                      1685   -356     1596       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         6     -5        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   82                       119    -37       99       
  SINCE MAR 1    111                       174    -63      174       
  SINCE JAN 1    175                       200    -25      189       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        90      1901                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        40      1908                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  1 2005...........SUNRISE   621 AM CDT   SUNSET   743 PM CDT   
MAY  2 2005...........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   744 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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