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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
240 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         74    332 PM  85    1946  60     14       77       
  MINIMUM         60    112 AM  18    2002  40     20       64       
  AVERAGE         67                        50     17       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.19  -0.19     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.76  -0.75     0.01    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      6.02  -2.87     2.63    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.01                      0.76  -0.75     0.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      T                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1      T                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        15    -15        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        60    -60        1       
  SINCE DEC 1    445                       457    -12      442       
  SINCE JUL 1    576                       720   -144      624       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   13                         4      9       15       
  SINCE DEC 1     29                        26      3       15       
  SINCE JAN 1     13                         4      9       15       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     68           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    84                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        77      1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        20      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  5 2005.......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   518 PM CST   
JANUARY  6 2005.......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   519 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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