000 CDUS44 KLIX 130834 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 212 AM CST WED MAR 13 2002 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR 12 MARCH 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 1119 AM 87 1940 70 0 74 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 29 1996 49 1 58 AVERAGE 60 59 1 66 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.44 0.16 0.28 1.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.21 MM MM 1.95 2.26 4.20 SINCE 1 MAR 4.21 MM MM 1.95 2.26 4.20 SINCE 1 JAN 9.94 MM MM 13.24 -3.30 10.03 SNOWFALL (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE 1 MAR 0.0 SINCE 1 JUL 0.0 SNOW DEPTH (IN) 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 6 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 154 91 63 91 SINCE 1 MAR 154 91 63 91 SINCE 1 JUL 1507 1563 -56 1806 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 2 12 -10 4 SINCE 1 MAR 2 12 -10 4 SINCE 1 JAN 43 39 4 58 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION 320 HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION 330 AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.90 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY HIGHEST RH 100 PERCENT 100 AM LOWEST RH 68 PERCENT 1100 AM AVERAGE RH 84 PERCENT .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 71 89 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 50 30 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET 13 MARCH 2002.........SUNRISE 617 AM SUNSET 611 PM 14 MARCH 2002.........SUNRISE 616 AM SUNSET 612 PM - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE OF PRECIPITATION.