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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
203 AM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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    504 PM  93    2002  82     -1       84       
  MINIMUM         69    229 AM  45    1992  62      7       55       
  AVERAGE         75                        72      3       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.76                      0.18   0.58     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.01                      1.26  -0.25     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.32                     11.89  -7.57     4.12    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.43                     23.18 -12.75    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                         8      2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   67                        49     18        6       
  SINCE MAR 1    401                       223    178      117       
  SINCE JAN 1    431                       249    182      181       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     62           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        92      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        46      1992                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  8 2006...........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   747 PM CDT   
MAY  9 2006...........SUNRISE   614 AM CDT   SUNSET   748 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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