000 CDUS44 KLIX 180735 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 224 AM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 91R 248 PM 89 1920 78 13 80 MINIMUM 70 552 AM 41 1949 56 14 50 AVERAGE 81 67 14 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.00 2002 0.19 -0.19 0.00 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 3.13 -3.11 1.13 SINCE MAR 1 0.32 8.20 -7.88 3.19 SINCE JAN 1 6.43 19.49 -13.06 13.04 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 42 -36 20 SINCE MAR 1 116 227 -111 220 SINCE JUL 1 1349 1670 -321 1311 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 4 12 0 MONTH TO DATE 122 54 68 34 SINCE MAR 1 218 109 109 63 SINCE JAN 1 248 135 113 127 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 90 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$