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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
250 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2026

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...THE BATON ROUGE   CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2026...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         97   3:48 PM  99    1943  92      5       95
                                      2006
                                      2024
  MINIMUM         78  11:28 PM  60    2004  73      5       73
  AVERAGE         88                        83      5       84

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.00 1922   0.22  -0.22      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.73                      3.12  -2.39     1.20
  SINCE JUN 1     14.42                     14.66  -0.24    13.29
  SINCE JAN 1     42.22                     40.21   2.01    39.42

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH      MM

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       23                        18      5       19
  MONTH TO DATE  327                       288     39      302
  SINCE JUN 1   1459                      1321    138     1410
  SINCE JAN 1   2256                      1893    363     2154
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           5:00 AM
 LOWEST     46           2:00 PM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE BATON ROUGE   CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   92       100      2024
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        61      2004


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE   6:33 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:44 PM CDT
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE   6:33 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:43 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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