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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
217 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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         98   1238 PM 102    1921  91      7       91       
  MINIMUM         74    319 PM  63    1946  72      2       73       
  AVERAGE         86                        81      5       82      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        2.72          3.47 1931   0.19   2.53     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.93                      4.01  -0.08     2.19    
  SINCE JUN 1      7.88                     15.30  -7.42    14.64    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.23                     42.56 -17.33    49.60    
                                                                     
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       21                        17      4       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  392                       360     32      317       
  SINCE JUN 1   1466                      1351    115     1336       
  SINCE JAN 1   1936                      1849     87     1851       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    45   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 PM                                     
 LOWEST     48          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       100      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        61      1961                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE   636 AM CDT   SUNSET   739 PM CDT   
AUGUST 23 2005........SUNRISE   636 AM CDT   SUNSET   738 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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