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CDUS44 KLIX 070702
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
201 AM CDT MON AUG 7 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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         89    103 PM 102    1921  91     -2       91       
  MINIMUM         72    550 AM  65    1912  73     -1       70       
  AVERAGE         81                        82     -1       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.63                      0.19   0.44     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.23                      1.16   1.07     0.56    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.66                     12.45  -1.79     4.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.34                     39.71 -18.37    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       16                        17     -1       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  113                       105      8      101       
  SINCE JUN 1   1184                      1096     88     1175       
  SINCE JAN 1   1876                      1594    282     1645       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     63           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       102      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        65      2004                    
                                             1909                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  7 2006........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   754 PM CDT   
AUGUST  8 2006........SUNRISE   627 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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