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CDUS44 KLIX 172150  
CLIBTR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS  
450 PM CDT WED MAY 17 2023  
   
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..THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 86 1:16 PM 93 1963 86 0 92  
1988  
2018  
MINIMUM 73 2:52 PM 46 2011 66 7 73  
AVERAGE 80  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.21 6.30 1908 0.16 0.05 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 4.29 2.79 1.50 1.74  
SINCE MAR 1 15.64 12.33 3.31 8.68  
SINCE JAN 1 29.25 23.11 6.14 12.97  
 
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 0 0 0 0  
SINCE MAR 1 117 209 -92 200  
SINCE JUL 1 1104 1531 -427 1387  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 15 11 4 18  
MONTH TO DATE 215 152 63 222  
SINCE MAR 1 555 358 197 400  
SINCE JAN 1 718 396 322 453    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 94 3:00 AM  
LOWEST 57 1:00 PM  
AVERAGE 76  
   
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 98 1922  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 50 1945  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
MAY 17 2023...........SUNRISE 6:09 AM CDT SUNSET 7:53 PM CDT  
MAY 18 2023...........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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