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CLIBTR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
450 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
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..THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 93 1:50 PM 98 1922 86 7 90
MINIMUM 72 5:42 AM 50 1945 66 6 77
AVERAGE 83
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 4.83 1953 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 9.46 2.95 6.51 4.30
SINCE MAR 1 17.85 12.49 5.36 15.26
SINCE JAN 1 25.66 23.27 2.39 21.92
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY MM
MONTH TO DATE 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0
SNOW DEPTH MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 11 0 11 0
SINCE MAR 1 105 209 -104 122
SINCE JUL 1 1188 1531 -343 1173
COOLING
TODAY 18 11 7 19
MONTH TO DATE 137 163 -26 174
SINCE MAR 1 516 369 147 523
SINCE JAN 1 606 407 199 556
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 94 2:00 AM
LOWEST 47 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 71
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1956
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 2002
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 6:08 AM CDT SUNSET 7:54 PM CDT
MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 6:08 AM CDT SUNSET 7:55 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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