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CDUS44 KLIX 170710
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
210 AM CDT THU AUG 17 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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         99R  1240 PM  99    1943  91      8       96       
  MINIMUM         76   1159 PM  60    2004  72      4       71       
  AVERAGE         88                        81      7       84      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          1.98 1937   0.19  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.63                      3.06   0.57     1.20    
  SINCE JUN 1     12.06                     14.35  -2.29     5.15    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.74                     41.61 -18.87    22.50    
                                                                     
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       23                        17      6       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  311                       275     36      287       
  SINCE JUN 1   1382                      1266    116     1361       
  SINCE JAN 1   2074                      1764    310     1831       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91        99      2000                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        61      2004                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 17 2006........SUNRISE   632 AM CDT   SUNSET   744 PM CDT   
AUGUST 18 2006........SUNRISE   633 AM CDT   SUNSET   743 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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