661 CDUS44 KLIX 180735 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 235 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2023 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 99R 4:40 PM 99 1902 92 7 94 1918 2000 MINIMUM 68 5:48 AM 61 2004 73 -5 77 AVERAGE 84 83 1 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.41 2010 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 3.33 -3.33 4.01 SINCE JUN 1 5.74 14.87 -9.13 16.56 SINCE JAN 1 35.27 40.42 -5.15 31.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 19 18 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 437 306 131 306 SINCE JUN 1 1740 1339 401 1477 SINCE JAN 1 2653 1911 742 2122 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 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 84 5:00 AM LOWEST 31 3:00 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 101 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 64 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2023........SUNRISE 6:33 AM CDT SUNSET 7:43 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2023........SUNRISE 6:34 AM CDT SUNSET 7:42 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$