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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
204 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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         93    404 PM 102    1921  91      2       92       
  MINIMUM         70    534 AM  65    2004  72     -2       65       
                                      1909                          
  AVERAGE         82                        82      0       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.12          2.00 1933   0.19  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.68                      1.35  -0.67     0.01    
  SINCE JUN 1      4.63                     12.64  -8.01    12.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.98                     39.90 -17.92    47.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        17      0       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  118                       122     -4      130       
  SINCE JUN 1   1192                      1113     79     1149       
  SINCE JAN 1   1662                      1611     51     1664       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     52           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   92       101      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        64      1990                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  8 2005........SUNRISE   627 AM CDT   SUNSET   753 PM CDT   
AUGUST  9 2005........SUNRISE   628 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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