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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
201 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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         95   1257 PM 101    1921  91      4       91       
  MINIMUM         73    305 PM  62    1915  73      0       71       
  AVERAGE         84                        82      2       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.30                      0.19   1.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.60                      0.97   0.63     0.56    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.03                     12.26  -2.23     4.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.71                     39.52 -18.81    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       19                        17      2       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   97                        88      9       85       
  SINCE JUN 1   1168                      1079     89     1159       
  SINCE JAN 1   1860                      1577    283     1629       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.5                                         
                                                                     
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                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       102      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        65      1912                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  6 2006........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 PM CDT   
AUGUST  7 2006........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   754 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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