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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS                                 
213 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

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...THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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         94R   406 PM  94    1918  85      9       89       
  MINIMUM         76    600 AM  49    2002  66     10       67       
                                      2001                          
  AVERAGE         85                        76      9       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.17  -0.17     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.66                      3.98  -3.32    10.60    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.78                     14.61  -9.83    19.72    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.63                     25.90 -11.27    34.92    
                                                                     
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       20                        11      9       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  193                       201     -8      198       
  SINCE MAR 1    304                       375    -71      372       
  SINCE JAN 1    368                       401    -33      387       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BATON ROUGE  ASOS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86        95      1941                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        54      1912                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE   605 AM CDT   SUNSET   758 PM CDT   
MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE   605 AM CDT   SUNSET   758 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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