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CDUS44 KLIX 250736
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
235 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24 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         97    305 PM 103    1921  91      6       94       
  MINIMUM         76    609 AM  64    1957  71      5       76       
  AVERAGE         87                        81      6       85      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.30 1977   0.19  -0.19      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.93                      4.58  -0.65     2.19    
  SINCE JUN 1      7.88                     15.87  -7.99    14.64    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.23                     43.13 -17.90    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       22                        17      5       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  453                       411     42      376       
  SINCE JUN 1   1527                      1402    125     1395       
  SINCE JAN 1   1997                      1900     97     1910       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       102      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        63      1997                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 25 2005........SUNRISE   637 AM CDT   SUNSET   735 PM CDT   
AUGUST 26 2005........SUNRISE   638 AM CDT   SUNSET   734 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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