CDUS44 KLIX 060750 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 250 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2026 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 83 3:18 PM 95 1952 83 0 82 MINIMUM 57 4:58 AM 45 1954 62 -5 53 AVERAGE 70 73 -3 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.63 2023 0.17 -0.17 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 2.24 0.81 1.43 0.38 SINCE MAR 1 10.63 10.35 0.28 11.34 SINCE JAN 1 18.44 21.13 -2.69 18.00 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 5 8 -3 3 MONTH TO DATE 6 38 -32 34 SINCE MAR 1 385 244 141 383 SINCE JAN 1 475 282 193 416 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 5:00 AM LOWEST 58 1:00 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 94 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 46 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2026...........SUNRISE 6:17 AM CDT SUNSET 7:46 PM CDT MAY 7 2026...........SUNRISE 6:16 AM CDT SUNSET 7:47 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$