717 CDUS44 KLIX 180750 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 250 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2021 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2021 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 81 12:25 PM 91 1963 73 8 77 MINIMUM 62 11:59 PM 34 1913 51 11 66 1937 1962 AVERAGE 72 62 10 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.45 3.24 1943 0.13 0.32 0.75 MONTH TO DATE 1.58 2.42 M0.84 1.68 SINCE MAR 1 1.58 2.42 M0.84 1.68 SINCE JAN 1 8.92 13.18 M4.26 13.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 5 M5 0 MONTH TO DATE 74 111 M37 35 SINCE MAR 1 74 111 M37 35 SINCE JUL 1 1411 1446 M35 1139 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 2 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 69 27 42 76 SINCE MAR 1 69 27 42 76 SINCE JAN 1 121 58 63 138 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 41 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 55 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 8:00 PM LOWEST 69 2:00 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 89 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 34 2005 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2021.........SUNRISE 7:10 AM CDT SUNSET 7:15 PM CDT MARCH 19 2021.........SUNRISE 7:09 AM CDT SUNSET 7:16 PM CDT M INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$