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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
104 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 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         68   1057 PM  81    1967  62      6       57       
  MINIMUM         59    205 AM  18    1996  41     18       31       
  AVERAGE         64                        52     12       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.57                      0.17   0.40      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.99                      3.31  -2.32     3.90    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.99                      3.31  -2.32     3.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     42.48                     61.13 -18.65    47.26    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                        13    -12       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  226                       241    -15      309       
  SINCE DEC 1    226                       241    -15      309       
  SINCE JUL 1    480                       504    -24      561       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    5                        20    -15        2       
  SINCE DEC 1      5                        20    -15        2       
  SINCE JAN 1   2992                      2626    366     2917       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           400 PM                                     
 LOWEST     81          1100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    87                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        81      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        22      1901                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 21 2006......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   508 PM CST   
DECEMBER 22 2006......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   508 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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