CDUS44 KLIX 180734 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 234 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 89 12:01 PM 93 1963 86 3 91 1988 2018 MINIMUM 69 4:37 AM 46 2011 66 3 77 AVERAGE 79 76 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.30 1908 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 9.46 2.79 6.67 4.30 SINCE MAR 1 17.85 12.33 5.52 15.26 SINCE JAN 1 25.66 23.11 2.55 21.92 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 14 11 3 19 MONTH TO DATE 119 152 -33 155 SINCE MAR 1 498 358 140 504 SINCE JAN 1 588 396 192 537 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 6:00 AM LOWEST 55 4:00 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 98 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 50 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 6:08 AM CDT SUNSET 7:54 PM CDT MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 6:08 AM CDT SUNSET 7:55 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$