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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
205 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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    509 PM  91    2003  83     -4       88       
                                      2002                          
  MINIMUM         65   1148 PM  46    1930  62      3       63       
  AVERAGE         72                        72      0       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.18R         0.10 2001   0.17   0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.18                      1.60  -1.42     1.12    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.30                     12.23  -7.93    10.24    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.15                     23.52  -9.37    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       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        65    -45       44       
  SINCE MAR 1    131                       239   -108      218       
  SINCE JAN 1    195                       265    -70      233       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        92      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        47      1906                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE   613 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 PM CDT   
MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE   613 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 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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