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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
102 AM CST SAT APR 1 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         81    418 PM  91    1946  74      7       75       
  MINIMUM         66    614 AM  33    2003  53     13       69       
  AVERAGE         74                        63     11       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          3.46 2002   0.17  -0.16     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.30                      5.07  -4.77     2.06    
  SINCE MAR 1      0.30                      5.07  -4.77     2.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.41                     16.36  -9.95    11.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  110                       185    -75      200       
  SINCE MAR 1    110                       185    -75      200       
  SINCE JUL 1   1343                      1628   -285     1291       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         3      6        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   96                        55     41       29       
  SINCE MAR 1     96                        55     41       29       
  SINCE JAN 1    126                        81     45       93       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        87      1904                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        35      1994                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  1 2006.........SUNRISE   554 AM CST   SUNSET   624 PM CST   
APRIL  2 2006.........SUNRISE   653 AM CDT   SUNSET   724 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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