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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
210 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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    430 PM  94    1952  82     -1       83       
  MINIMUM         66    141 AM  46    1945  61      5       49       
  AVERAGE         74                        72      2       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.25                      0.18   0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      1.08  -0.83     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.56                     11.71  -8.15     4.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.67                     23.00 -13.33    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        9                         7      2        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   57                        41     16        1       
  SINCE MAR 1    391                       215    176      112       
  SINCE JAN 1    421                       241    180      176       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     62           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        93      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        45      1992                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  7 2006...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   747 PM CDT   
MAY  8 2006...........SUNRISE   615 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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