000 CDUS44 KLIX 200724 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 205 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 96R 250 PM 96 1972 87 9 89 MINIMUM 74 621 AM 47 1901 67 7 62 AVERAGE 85 77 8 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.79 1947 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.37 3.24 -0.87 1.35 SINCE SEP 1 2.37 3.24 -0.87 1.35 SINCE JAN 1 MM 47.65 MM 51.82 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 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 SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 20 12 8 11 MONTH TO DATE 323 271 52 315 SINCE SEP 1 323 271 52 315 SINCE JAN 1 2444 2283 161 2350 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 200 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 49 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 702 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. SOME TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA WAS MISSING IN AUGUST DUE TO HURRICANE KATRINA WHICH EFFECTS ANNUAL TOTALS. $$