390 CDUS44 KLIX 160750 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 250 AM CDT THU MAR 16 2023 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2023 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 4:25 PM 88 1921 73 -3 73 MINIMUM 40 6:36 AM 29 1909 51 -11 54 AVERAGE 55 62 -7 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.75 1906 0.14 -0.14 1.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 2.22 -2.19 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 2.22 -2.19 1.35 SINCE JAN 1 13.64 13.00 0.64 5.64 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 10 5 5 1 MONTH TO DATE 31 93 -62 115 SINCE MAR 1 31 93 -62 115 SINCE JUL 1 1018 1415 -397 1302 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 98 29 69 18 SINCE MAR 1 98 29 69 18 SINCE JAN 1 261 67 194 71 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 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 79 5:00 AM LOWEST 25 2:00 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 88 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2023.........SUNRISE 7:13 AM CDT SUNSET 7:13 PM CDT MARCH 17 2023.........SUNRISE 7:12 AM CDT SUNSET 7:14 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$