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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
113 AM CST TUE DEC 17 2002

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         72            85    1908  63      9       82       
  MINIMUM         37            18    1901  42     -5       66       
  AVERAGE         55                        52      3       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          T    2001   0.17  -0.17      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.52                      2.63   0.89     2.83    
  SINCE SEP 1     22.77                     16.04   6.73    16.03    
  SINCE JAN 1     56.35                     60.45  -4.10    60.94    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        13     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  258                       189     69       82       
  SINCE DEC 1    258                       189     69       82       
  SINCE JUL 1    529                       452     77      287       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        9       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        16    -16       22       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                        16    -16       22       
  SINCE JAN 1   2843                      2622    221     2502       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        83      1933                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        20      1901                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 17 2002......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   506 PM CST   
DECEMBER 18 2002......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   507 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.