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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
202 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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         85    341 PM  95    1952  82      3       79       
  MINIMUM         65    520 AM  45    1954  61      4       50       
  AVERAGE         75                        71      4       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T                         0.18  -0.18     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.90  -0.90     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.31                     11.53  -8.22     4.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.42                     22.82 -13.40    13.97    
                                                                     
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                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        6       
  SINCE MAR 1    116                       246   -130      244       
  SINCE JUL 1   1349                      1689   -340     1335       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         7      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   48                        34     14        0       
  SINCE MAR 1    382                       208    174      111       
  SINCE JAN 1    412                       234    178      175       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        94      1952                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        46      1945                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  6 2006...........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   746 PM CDT   
MAY  7 2006...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   747 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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