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CDUS44 KLIX 170704
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
203 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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         83    455 PM  94    1963  84     -1       83       
  MINIMUM         59    548 AM  51    1973  64     -5       68       
  AVERAGE         71                        74     -3       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.17  -0.17     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      2.79  -2.39     9.04    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.52                     13.42  -8.90    18.16    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.37                     24.71 -10.34    33.36    
                                                                     
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        6                        10     -4       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   92                       128    -36      114       
  SINCE MAR 1    203                       302    -99      288       
  SINCE JAN 1    267                       328    -61      303       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        93      1988                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        53      1956                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE   609 AM CDT   SUNSET   753 PM CDT   
MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE   608 AM CDT   SUNSET   754 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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