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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
205 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 13 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         87   1210 PM  94    1916  83      4       87       
  MINIMUM         67    538 AM  46    1960  63      4       65       
  AVERAGE         77                        73      4       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          0.25 2004   0.17  -0.07     0.25    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      2.28  -1.88     5.87    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.52                     12.91  -8.39    14.99    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.37                     24.20  -9.83    30.19    
                                                                     
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       12                         9      3       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   66                       100    -34       83       
  SINCE MAR 1    177                       274    -97      257       
  SINCE JAN 1    241                       300    -59      272       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        95      1916                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        51      2002                    
                                             1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 14 2005...........SUNRISE   611 AM CDT   SUNSET   752 PM CDT   
MAY 15 2005...........SUNRISE   610 AM CDT   SUNSET   752 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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