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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
208 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         85   1242 PM  93    1988  84      1       88       
  MINIMUM         67   1159 PM  53    1956  65      2       71       
  AVERAGE         76                        74      2       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.38          1.94 1994   0.17   0.21     0.35    
  MONTH TO DATE    9.42                      2.96   6.46     0.35    
  SINCE MAR 1     18.54                     13.59   4.95     5.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.74                     24.88   8.86    13.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         4      6        0       
  SINCE MAR 1    170                       246    -76      187       
  SINCE JUL 1   1606                      1689    -83     1733       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        10      1       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  125                       138    -13      259       
  SINCE MAR 1    299                       312    -13      403       
  SINCE JAN 1    314                       338    -24      409       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          M400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        95      1951                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        50      1945                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2004...........SUNRISE   608 AM CDT   SUNSET   754 PM CDT   
MAY 19 2004...........SUNRISE   608 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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