CDUS44 KLIX 170735
CLIBTR

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
235 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2025

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...THE BATON ROUGE   CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2025


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         91        MM  94    1963  86      5       91        
  MINIMUM         76        MM  51    1973  65     11       66        
                                      2006                           
  AVERAGE         84                        76      8       79     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          6.60 1908   0.16  -0.16     2.31     
  MONTH TO DATE    4.30                      2.63   1.67     3.83     
  SINCE MAR 1     15.26                     12.17   3.09    15.96     
  SINCE JAN 1     21.92                     22.95  -1.03    26.21     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                                
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                                
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                                
  SINCE JUL 1      7.6                                                
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                  

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0        
  SINCE MAR 1    122                       209    -87       84        
  SINCE JUL 1   1173                      1531   -358     1137        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY       19                        11      8       14        
  MONTH TO DATE  136                       141     -5      228        
  SINCE MAR 1    485                       347    138      540        
  SINCE JAN 1    518                       385    133      593        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.8                                        


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    91           5:00 AM                                      
 LOWEST     56           1:00 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    74                                                        

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THE BATON ROUGE   CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86        93      1963                      
                                             1988                     
                                             2018                     
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        46      2011                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
MAY 17 2025...........SUNRISE   6:09 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:54 PM CDT     
MAY 18 2025...........SUNRISE   6:08 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:54 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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