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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
430 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 2004

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...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 5 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 400 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         92    312 PM 101    2000  89      3       86       
  MINIMUM         73    404 AM  57    1974  70      3       68       
  AVERAGE         83                                                
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          5.38 1977   0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.69                      0.90  -0.21     0.87    
  SINCE SEP 1      0.69                      0.90  -0.21     0.87    
  SINCE JAN 1     51.16                     45.31   5.85    29.88    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           18                        15      3       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   84                        77      7       82       
  SINCE SEP 1     84                        77      7       82       
  SINCE JAN 1   2119                      2089     30     2183       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49          M200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   89       100      1925                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        56      1934                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER  5 2004.....SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   722 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER  6 2004.....SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   721 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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