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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
206 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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         84    231 PM  92    2003  82      2       88       
  MINIMUM         59    518 AM  46    1992  62     -3       60       
  AVERAGE         72                        72      0       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.15 2001   0.17  -0.17     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      1.43  -1.43     1.12    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.12                     12.06  -7.94    10.24    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.97                     23.35  -9.38    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        7                         8     -1        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   13                        57    -44       33       
  SINCE MAR 1    124                       231   -107      207       
  SINCE JAN 1    188                       257    -69      222       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        91      2003                    
                                             2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        46      1930                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  9 2005...........SUNRISE   614 AM CDT   SUNSET   748 PM CDT   
MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE   613 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 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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