636 CDUS44 KLIX 170750 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 250 AM CDT FRI MAR 17 2023 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 79 4:23 PM 88 1921 73 6 69 MINIMUM 43 4:59 AM 30 1909 51 -8 52 AVERAGE 61 62 -1 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 1894 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 2.35 -2.32 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 2.35 -2.32 1.35 SINCE JAN 1 13.64 13.13 0.51 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 4 5 -1 4 MONTH TO DATE 35 98 -63 119 SINCE MAR 1 35 98 -63 119 SINCE JUL 1 1022 1420 -398 1306 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 98 31 67 18 SINCE MAR 1 98 31 67 18 SINCE JAN 1 261 69 192 71 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 4:00 AM LOWEST 45 4:00 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 91 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 34 1913 1937 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2023.........SUNRISE 7:12 AM CDT SUNSET 7:14 PM CDT MARCH 18 2023.........SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 7:15 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$