CXUS54 KLIX 020030 CCA CLMBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 928 AM CDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CORRECTED MONTHLY RECORD HIGH CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 04/12/1908 LOW 31 04/13/1940 HIGHEST 89 04/20 MM MM 90 04/04 04/26 04/28 LOWEST 44 04/04 MM MM 47 04/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.6 79.1 3.5 79.6 AVG. MINIMUM 60.4 56.9 3.5 59.9 MEAN 71.5 68.0 3.5 69.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.84 1980 MINIMUM 0.19 1915 TOTALS 2.82 5.08 -2.26 7.92 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.17 -0.08 0.26 DAYS >= .01 4 8.0 -4.0 10 DAYS >= .10 4 5.3 -1.3 8 DAYS >= .50 2 2.8 -0.8 6 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.8 0.2 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.38 04/29 TO 04/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 12 51 -39 9 SINCE 7/1 1137 1531 -394 MM COOLING TOTAL 214 141 73 156 SINCE 1/1 365 244 121 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/270 DATE 04/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/260 DATE 04/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$