PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
BATON ROUGE
MARCH 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    81    72    77   20      0    12     0.00
       2    78    54    66    9      0     1     0.33
       3    69    48    59    2      6     0     0.00
       4    76    45    61    3      4     0     0.00
       5    81    53    67    9      0     2     0.00
       6    65    44    55   -3     10     0     0.00
       7    69    39    54   -5     11     0     0.00
       8    77    44    61    2      4     0     0.00
       9    77    51    64    5      1     0     0.00
      10    72    58    65    6      0     0     0.00
      11    78    57    68    8      0     3     0.00
      12    77    64    71   11      0     6     0.02
      13    77    63    70    9      0     5     0.94
      14    76    55    66    5      0     1     0.00
      15    58    48    53   -8     12     0     0.00
      16    61    45    53   -8     12     0     0.01
      17    67    50    59   -3      6     0     0.00
      18    79    59    69    7      0     4     0.52
      19    67    50    59   -3      6     0     0.08
      20    61    49    55   -8     10     0     0.26
      21    75    45    60   -3      5     0     0.00
      22    81    52    67    4      0     2     0.00
      23    78    55    67    4      0     2     0.00
      24    80    50    65    1      0     0     0.00
      25    81    61    71    7      0     6     0.00
      26    73    57    65    1      0     0     0.46
      27    78    54    66    1      0     1     0.00
      28    84    70    77   12      0    12     0.00
      29    84    69    77   12      0    12     0.00
      30    78    57    68    3      0     3     0.81
      31    70    51    61   -4      4     0     0.00
     SUM  2308  1669
     AVG  74.5  53.8
===================================================================
      *TEMPERATURE DATA*              *PRECIPITATION DATA* 
      ------------------              --------------------
    AVERAGE MONTHLY: 64.1             MONTHLY TOTAL:   3.43
          DEPARTURE:  2.8                 DEPARTURE:  -1.38
      HIGHEST: 84 ON: 28,29
       LOWEST: 39 ON: 7
                                 GREATEST in 24 HRS:   0.94 on 13
                                 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIP:
     NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:                   >= 0.01 INCH:  8
     MAX 32 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.10 INCH:  6
     MAX 90 OR ABOVE:    0                  >= 0.50 INCH:  3
     MIN 32 OR BELOW:    0                  >= 1.00 INCH:  0
     MIN  0 OR BELOW:    0
 HDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:   91
           DEPARTURE:  -79
      SEASONAL TOTAL: 1389
           DEPARTURE: -253
 CDD (BASE 65) TOTAL:   72
           DEPARTURE:   17
      SEASONAL TOTAL:  124
           DEPARTURE:   38


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