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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
203 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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         83    356 PM  87    1982  75      8       80       
  MINIMUM         57    616 AM  33    1987  53      4       56       
  AVERAGE         70                        64      6       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.99 2003   0.18  -0.18      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.89  -0.89     0.12    
  SINCE MAR 1      0.30                      5.96  -5.66     2.18    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.41                     17.25 -10.84    12.03    
                                                                     
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                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        15    -15       15       
  SINCE MAR 1    110                       200    -90      215       
  SINCE JUL 1   1343                      1643   -300     1306       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         3      2        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        14     30        4       
  SINCE MAR 1    140                        69     71       33       
  SINCE JAN 1    170                        95     75       97       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        88      1908                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        39      1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  6 2006.........SUNRISE   648 AM CDT   SUNSET   727 PM CDT   
APRIL  7 2006.........SUNRISE   647 AM CDT   SUNSET   727 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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