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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
212 AM CST TUE MAR 29 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 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         71    411 PM  90    1909  74     -3       80       
  MINIMUM         47    629 AM  34    1937  52     -5       62       
  AVERAGE         59                        63     -4       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.17  -0.17     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.90                      4.56  -2.66     1.69    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.90                      4.56  -2.66     1.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.75                     15.85  -4.10    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        6                         4      2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  196                       173     23       67       
  SINCE MAR 1    196                       173     23       67       
  SINCE JUL 1   1287                      1616   -329     1503       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        48    -28       74       
  SINCE MAR 1     20                        48    -28       74       
  SINCE JAN 1     84                        74     10       89       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        87      1945                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        32      1899                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 29 2005.........SUNRISE   557 AM CST   SUNSET   622 PM CST   
MARCH 30 2005.........SUNRISE   556 AM CST   SUNSET   622 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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