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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
217 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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         96    353 PM  99    2000  91      5       89       
  MINIMUM         74    556 AM  61    2004  72      2       61       
  AVERAGE         85                        81      4       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.00 1945   0.19  -0.19     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.20                      3.25  -2.05     1.55    
  SINCE JUN 1      5.15                     14.54  -9.39    14.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.50                     41.80 -19.30    48.96    
                                                                     
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       20                        17      3       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  307                       292     15      252       
  SINCE JUN 1   1381                      1283     98     1271       
  SINCE JAN 1   1851                      1781     70     1786       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       110      1909                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        64      2004                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   633 AM CDT   SUNSET   743 PM CDT   
AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE   634 AM CDT   SUNSET   742 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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