000 CXUS54 KLIX 030635 CLMBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 1233 AM CST TUE NOV 3 2009 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 10/01/1904 LOW 30 10/31/1993 HIGHEST 93 10/07 MM MM 89 10/06 LOWEST 41 10/19 MM MM 34 10/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.0 79.7 -0.7 80.4 AVG. MINIMUM 59.5 56.4 3.1 55.2 MEAN 69.3 68.1 1.2 67.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 MM MM 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 12.82 3.81 9.01 0.26 DAILY AVG. 0.41 0.12 0.29 0.01 DAYS >= .01 18 MM MM 2 DAYS >= .10 14 MM MM 1 DAYS >= .50 7 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.00 5 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.53 10/11 TO 10/11 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 68 49 19 63 SINCE 7/1 68 51 17 63 COOLING TOTAL 211 157 54 156 SINCE 1/1 2971 2558 413 2875 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/160 DATE 10/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/150 DATE 10/22 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 12 LIGHT RAIN 21 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$