CDUS44 KLIX 182150 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 450 PM CDT THU APR 18 2024 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 84 2:35 PM 93 2006 80 4 74 MINIMUM 72 5:01 AM 38 1997 57 15 48 AVERAGE 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 4.82 2019 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.31 3.05 -1.74 6.76 SINCE MAR 1 10.62 7.51 3.11 10.19 SINCE JAN 1 20.87 18.29 2.58 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 1 -1 4 MONTH TO DATE 5 41 -36 9 SINCE MAR 1 77 199 -122 117 SINCE JUL 1 1130 1521 -391 1104 COOLING TODAY 13 5 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 120 70 50 98 SINCE MAR 1 218 135 83 282 SINCE JAN 1 271 173 98 445 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 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 93 4:00 AM LOWEST 65 1:00 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 1987 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 40 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2024.........SUNRISE 6:33 AM CDT SUNSET 7:35 PM CDT APRIL 19 2024.........SUNRISE 6:32 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. $$