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CLIBTR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
436 PM CDT FRI MAY 08 2026
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..THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 66 2:59 PM 96 1922 84 -18 88
MINIMUM 63 5:05 AM 46 1992 63 0 60
AVERAGE 65
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 3.06 8.10 1907 0.18 2.88 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.32 1.33 3.99 3.23
SINCE MAR 1 13.71 10.87 2.84 14.19
SINCE JAN 1 21.52 21.65 -0.13 20.85
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 0 9 -9 9
MONTH TO DATE 25 63 -38 58
SINCE MAR 1 404 269 135 407
SINCE JAN 1 494 307 187 440
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 7:00 AM
LOWEST 87 12:00 AM
AVERAGE 92
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1922
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 46 1917
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 8 2026...........SUNRISE 6:15 AM CDT SUNSET 7:48 PM CDT
MAY 9 2026...........SUNRISE 6:14 AM CDT SUNSET 7:48 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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