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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
218 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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    330 PM  94    1952  81     -7       81       
  MINIMUM         54   1138 PM  44    1945  61     -7       47       
  AVERAGE         64                        71     -7       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.72  -0.72     1.12    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.12                     11.35  -7.23    10.24    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.97                     22.64  -8.67    25.44    
                                                                     
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        1                         1      0        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                         4      2       10       
  SINCE MAR 1    244                       246     -2      170       
  SINCE JUL 1   1335                      1689   -354     1606       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         7     -7        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        27    -27        6       
  SINCE MAR 1    111                       201    -90      180       
  SINCE JAN 1    175                       227    -52      195       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     33           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        95      1952                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        45      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   746 PM CDT   
MAY  6 2005...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   746 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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