CDUS44 KLIX 070750 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 250 AM CDT THU MAY 07 2026 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 86 2:09 PM 94 1952 84 2 79 MINIMUM 73 3:32 AM 46 1945 62 11 66 AVERAGE 80 73 7 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.02 1960 0.17 -0.17 1.49 MONTH TO DATE 2.24 0.98 1.26 1.87 SINCE MAR 1 10.63 10.52 0.11 12.83 SINCE JAN 1 18.44 21.30 -2.86 19.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 0 11 0 SINCE MAR 1 105 209 -104 122 SINCE JUL 1 1188 1531 -343 1173 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 8 7 8 MONTH TO DATE 21 46 -25 42 SINCE MAR 1 400 252 148 391 SINCE JAN 1 490 290 200 424 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 7:00 AM LOWEST 67 2:00 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 96 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 45 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2026...........SUNRISE 6:16 AM CDT SUNSET 7:47 PM CDT MAY 8 2026...........SUNRISE 6:15 AM CDT SUNSET 7:48 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$