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CLIBTR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
450 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
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..THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 89 12:01 PM 93 1963 86 3 91
1988
2018
MINIMUM 69 4:37 AM 46 2011 66 3 77
AVERAGE 79
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 6.30 1908 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 9.46 2.79 6.67 4.30
SINCE MAR 1 17.85 12.33 5.52 15.26
SINCE JAN 1 25.66 23.11 2.55 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 14 11 3 19
MONTH TO DATE 119 152 -33 155
SINCE MAR 1 498 358 140 504
SINCE JAN 1 588 396 192 537
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 6:00 AM
LOWEST 59 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 75
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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 2026...........SUNRISE 6:09 AM CDT SUNSET 7:53 PM CDT
MAY 18 2026...........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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