180 CDUS44 KLIX 180732 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 232 AM CDT WED OCT 18 2023 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 76 1:59 PM 91 1915 81 -5 77 1972 MINIMUM 45 6:25 AM 36 1943 58 -13 57 AVERAGE 61 69 -8 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.52 1984 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.47 2.58 -1.11 0.08 SINCE SEP 1 4.45 7.00 -2.55 0.94 SINCE JAN 1 41.25 50.46 -9.21 38.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 8 3 0 SINCE SEP 1 11 9 2 0 SINCE JUL 1 11 9 2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 2 MONTH TO DATE 126 131 -5 116 SINCE SEP 1 676 546 130 532 SINCE JAN 1 3681 2701 980 2902 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 7:00 AM LOWEST 32 4:00 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 91 1953 2016 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 41 1976 2001 2022 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2023.......SUNRISE 7:09 AM CDT SUNSET 6:30 PM CDT OCTOBER 19 2023.......SUNRISE 7:09 AM CDT SUNSET 6:29 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$