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CDUS44 KLIX 172150  
CLIBTR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS  
450 PM CDT WED APR 17 2024  
   
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..THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2024
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 82 2:40 PM 91 2006 79 3 77  
MINIMUM 72 6:36 AM 41 1949 57 15 47  
AVERAGE 77  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 4.65 1900 0.18 -0.18 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.31 2.87 -1.56 6.76  
SINCE MAR 1 10.62 7.33 3.29 10.19  
SINCE JAN 1 20.87 18.11 2.76 23.80  
 
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 2 -2 3  
MONTH TO DATE 5 40 -35 5  
SINCE MAR 1 77 198 -121 113  
SINCE JUL 1 1130 1520 -390 1100  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 12 5 7 0  
MONTH TO DATE 107 65 42 98  
SINCE MAR 1 205 130 75 282  
SINCE JAN 1 258 168 90 445    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 91 12:00 AM  
LOWEST 65 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 78  
   
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 93 2006  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 1997  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
APRIL 17 2024.........SUNRISE 6:34 AM CDT SUNSET 7:34 PM CDT  
APRIL 18 2024.........SUNRISE 6:33 AM CDT SUNSET 7:35 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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