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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
216 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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         85    337 PM  92    1987  78      7       83       
  MINIMUM         62    440 AM  41    1953  57      5       62       
  AVERAGE         74                        68      6       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.19  -0.19     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.13                      3.89  -2.76     0.64    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.19                      8.96  -5.77     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.04                     20.25  -7.21    18.26    
                                                                     
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        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        48    -27       83       
  SINCE MAR 1    221                       233    -12      160       
  SINCE JUL 1   1312                      1676   -364     1596       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         4      5        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   54                        70    -16       34       
  SINCE MAR 1     83                       125    -42      109       
  SINCE JAN 1    147                       151     -4      124       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        90      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        42      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE   629 AM CDT   SUNSET   737 PM CDT   
APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE   628 AM CDT   SUNSET   738 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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