000 CDUS44 KLIX 230737 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 127 AM CST THU MAR 23 2006 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 62 155 PM 87 1898 72 -10 79 MINIMUM 43 454 AM 29 1986 51 -8 59 AVERAGE 53 62 -9 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T R T 2003 0.16 -0.16 0.40 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 3.55 -3.31 1.77 SINCE MAR 1 0.24 3.55 -3.31 1.77 SINCE JAN 1 6.35 14.84 -8.49 11.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 5 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 48 148 -100 180 SINCE MAR 1 48 148 -100 180 SINCE JUL 1 1281 1591 -310 1271 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 4 MONTH TO DATE 85 36 49 13 SINCE MAR 1 85 36 49 13 SINCE JAN 1 115 62 53 77 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 86 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 33 2002 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 23 2006.........SUNRISE 605 AM CST SUNSET 618 PM CST MARCH 24 2006.........SUNRISE 604 AM CST SUNSET 619 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$