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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
244 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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         77    320 PM  94    1963  84     -7       85       
  MINIMUM         55   1154 PM  51    1907  64     -9       64       
  AVERAGE         66                        74     -8       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          T    2003   0.17  -0.17     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.01                      2.62  -1.61     0.40    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.32                     13.25  -8.93     4.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.43                     24.54 -14.11    14.37    
                                                                     
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        1                         9     -8       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  131                       118     13       86       
  SINCE MAR 1    465                       292    173      197       
  SINCE JAN 1    495                       318    177      261       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     33          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        94      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        51      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 16 2006...........SUNRISE   610 AM CDT   SUNSET   753 PM CDT   
MAY 17 2006...........SUNRISE   609 AM CDT   SUNSET   753 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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