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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
226 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007


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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 2007...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2007


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         87    330 PM  90    1901  81      6       86       
  MINIMUM         64    533 AM  40    1908  60      4       56       
  AVERAGE         76                        70      6       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.18                     10.81  -4.63     3.31    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.79                     22.10  -6.31     9.42    
                                                                     
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        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE MAR 1    171                       243    -72      116       
  SINCE JUL 1   1507                      1686   -179     1349       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         6      5        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                         6      5        6       
  SINCE MAR 1    225                       180     45      340       
  SINCE JAN 1    251                       206     45      370       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        90      2002                    
                                             1946                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        41      1909                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  2 2007...........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   743 PM CDT   
MAY  3 2007...........SUNRISE   619 AM CDT   SUNSET   744 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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