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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
301 AM CST FRI MAR 18 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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         59    420 PM  91    1963  71    -12       78       
  MINIMUM         40   1013 PM  34    1962  50    -10       46       
  AVERAGE         50                        61    -11       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.05 2001   0.16  -0.16     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.08                      2.75  -1.67     1.69    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.08                      2.75  -1.67     1.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.93                     14.04  -3.11    16.89    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      T                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         6      9        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  161                       123     38       43       
  SINCE MAR 1    161                       123     38       43       
  SINCE JUL 1   1252                      1566   -314     1479       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                        26    -19       45       
  SINCE MAR 1      7                        26    -19       45       
  SINCE JAN 1     71                        52     19       60       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        89      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        35      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE   611 AM CST   SUNSET   615 PM CST   
MARCH 19 2005.........SUNRISE   609 AM CST   SUNSET   616 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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