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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
202 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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         96    359 PM 100    1951  91      5       91       
  MINIMUM         73    523 PM  63    1926  73      0       72       
  AVERAGE         85                        82      3       82      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.30                      0.19   0.11     0.40    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.30                      0.78  -0.48     0.56    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.73                     12.07  -3.34     4.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.41                     39.33 -19.92    21.86    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       20                        17      3       17       
  MONTH TO DATE   78                        71      7       69       
  SINCE JUN 1   1149                      1062     87     1143       
  SINCE JAN 1   1841                      1560    281     1613       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       101      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        62      1915                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  5 2006........SUNRISE   625 AM CDT   SUNSET   756 PM CDT   
AUGUST  6 2006........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 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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