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CLIBTR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
432 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
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..THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 98 2:35 PM 100 2024 92 6 97
MINIMUM 79 5:52 AM 61 2004 73 6 75
AVERAGE 89
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 4.41 2010 0.21 -0.21 0.02
MONTH TO DATE 0.73 3.33 -2.60 1.22
SINCE JUN 1 14.42 14.87 -0.45 13.31
SINCE JAN 1 42.22 40.42 1.80 39.44
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0
SINCE JUN 1 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0
SNOW DEPTH MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 24 18 6 21
MONTH TO DATE 351 306 45 323
SINCE JUN 1 1483 1339 144 1431
SINCE JAN 1 2280 1911 369 2175
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 94 5:00 AM
LOWEST 46 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 70
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 102 2023
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 64 2004
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 6:33 AM CDT SUNSET 7:44 PM CDT
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:33 AM CDT SUNSET 7:43 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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