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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
201 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2007...

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    346 PM  91    1963  71     -3       81       
  MINIMUM         39    636 AM  34    1962  50    -11       59       
  AVERAGE         54                        61     -7       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.24 1943   0.16  -0.16     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.06                      2.75  -0.69     0.23    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.06                      2.75  -0.69     0.23    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.67                     14.04  -2.37     6.34    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         6      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   94                       123    -29       24       
  SINCE MAR 1     94                       123    -29       24       
  SINCE JUL 1   1430                      1566   -136     1257       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        26     -5       70       
  SINCE MAR 1     21                        26     -5       70       
  SINCE JAN 1     47                        52     -5      100       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        89      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        34      2005                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 18 2007.........SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   715 PM CDT   
MARCH 19 2007.........SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   715 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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