CDUS44 KLIX 080734 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 234 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2026 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 77 1:25 AM 96 1922 84 -7 79 MINIMUM 61 7:18 AM 45 1992 63 -2 64 AVERAGE 69 73 -4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 4.85 1972 0.17 -0.15 1.36 MONTH TO DATE 2.26 1.15 1.11 3.23 SINCE MAR 1 10.65 10.69 -0.04 14.19 SINCE JAN 1 18.46 21.47 -3.01 20.85 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 4 8 -4 7 MONTH TO DATE 25 54 -29 49 SINCE MAR 1 404 260 144 398 SINCE JAN 1 494 298 196 431 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 4:00 AM LOWEST 69 3:00 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 96 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 46 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2026...........SUNRISE 6:15 AM CDT SUNSET 7:48 PM CDT MAY 9 2026...........SUNRISE 6:14 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. $$