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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
202 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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         89    333 PM  95    1951  84      5       83       
  MINIMUM         64    517 AM  50    1945  65     -1       66       
  AVERAGE         77                        75      2       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.26                      0.17   0.09     0.22    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.66                      3.13  -2.47     9.64    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.78                     13.76  -8.98    18.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.63                     25.05 -10.42    33.96    
                                                                     
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                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                         4      2       10       
  SINCE MAR 1    244                       246     -2      170       
  SINCE JUL 1   1335                      1689   -354     1606       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        10      2       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  113                       148    -35      135       
  SINCE MAR 1    224                       322    -98      309       
  SINCE JAN 1    288                       348    -60      324       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        96      1956                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        49      2002                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE   608 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 PM CDT   
MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE   607 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 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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