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CLIBTR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
450 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2026
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..THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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 86 1:53 PM 98 1922 87 -1 91
MINIMUM 73 5:59 AM 46 1894 66 7 75
AVERAGE 80
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.09 3.75 1955 0.16 -0.07 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 9.75 3.27 6.48 4.30
SINCE MAR 1 18.14 12.81 5.33 15.26
SINCE JAN 1 25.95 23.59 2.36 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 15 12 3 18
MONTH TO DATE 171 186 -15 210
SINCE MAR 1 550 392 158 559
SINCE JAN 1 640 430 210 592
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 1:00 AM
LOWEST 61 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 79
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THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 95 1922
2022
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 48 1894
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 20 2026...........SUNRISE 6:07 AM CDT SUNSET 7:55 PM CDT
MAY 21 2026...........SUNRISE 6:07 AM CDT SUNSET 7:56 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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