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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
204 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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         79    417 PM  95    1952  82     -3       84       
  MINIMUM         50    425 AM  45    1954  61    -11       56       
  AVERAGE         65                        71     -6       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.90  -0.90     1.12    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.12                     11.53  -7.41    10.24    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.97                     22.82  -8.85    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        0                         0      0        0       
  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        5       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        34    -34       11       
  SINCE MAR 1    111                       208    -97      185       
  SINCE JAN 1    175                       234    -59      200       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        94      1952                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        46      1945                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  6 2005...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   746 PM CDT   
MAY  7 2005...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   747 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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