PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
BATON ROUGE
DECEMBER 1997

*PLEASE NOTE* This is preliminary data.
For official climate records, please contact the National Climatic Data Center. Thank you!



                                   HDD   CDD
     DAY   MAX   MIN   AVG   DEP   (BASE 65)    PRECIP
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       1    60    43    52   -4     13     0     0.00
       2    69    47    58    2      7     0     0.00
       3    69    53    61    6      4     0     0.13
       4    55    36    46   -9     19     0     0.00
       5    57    33    45  -10     20     0     0.00
       6    53    30    42  -13     23     0     0.00
       7    47    28    38  -17     27     0     0.23
       8    72    40    56    2      9     0     0.15
       9    77    57    67   13      0     2     0.05
      10    69    45    57    3      8     0     0.00
      11    45    40    43  -11     22     0     0.00
      12    46    37    42  -12     23     0    TRACE
      13    45    37    41  -13     24     0     0.00
      14    42    29    36  -18     29     0     0.00
      15    58    27    43  -11     22     0     0.00
      16    63    29    46   -7     19     0     0.00
      17    70    35    53    0     12     0     0.00
      18    70    35    53    1     12     0     0.00
      19    74    40    57    5      8     0     0.00
      20    67    46    57    5      8     0     0.25
      21    73    53    63   11      2     0     3.40
      22    72    43    58    6      7     0     0.00
      23    65    55    60    8      5     0     0.53
      24    66    46    56    5      9     0     0.68
      25    65    37    51    0     14     0     0.00
      26    58    43    51    0     14     0     0.89
      27    50    32    41   -9     24     0     0.00
      28    56    27    42   -8     23     0     0.01
      29    52    39    46   -4     19     0     0.00
      30    61    30    46   -4     19     0     0.00
      31    57    34    46   -4     19     0     0.00
     SUM  1883  1206
     AVG  60.7  38.9
===================================================================
      *TEMPERATURE DATA*              *PRECIPITATION DATA* 
      ------------------              --------------------
    AVERAGE MONTHLY: 49.8             MONTHLY TOTAL:   6.32
          DEPARTURE: -3.1                 DEPARTURE:   0.79
      HIGHEST: 77 ON: 9
       LOWEST: 27 ON: 15,28
                                 GREATEST in 24 HRS:   3.40 on 21
                                 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIP:
     NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:                   >= 0.01 INCH:  9
     MAX 32 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.10 INCH:  8
     MAX 90 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.50 INCH:  4
     MIN 32 OR BELOW:    8                  >= 1.00 INCH:  1
     MIN  0 OR BELOW:    0
 HDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:  464
           DEPARTURE:   72
      SEASONAL TOTAL:  820
           DEPARTURE:  183
 CDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:    2
           DEPARTURE:  -15
      SEASONAL TOTAL: 2507
           DEPARTURE: -183


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