CDUS44 KLIX 230738 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 238 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 2026 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 98 4:58 PM 103 2023 92 6 90 MINIMUM 74 5:57 AM 61 1940 73 1 74 1956 1961 AVERAGE 86 82 4 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.37 1968 0.23 -0.23 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.98 4.47 -3.49 3.38 SINCE JUN 1 14.67 16.01 -1.34 15.47 SINCE JAN 1 42.47 41.56 0.91 41.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 21 18 3 17 MONTH TO DATE 462 396 66 417 SINCE JUN 1 1594 1429 165 1525 SINCE JAN 1 2391 2001 390 2269 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 5:00 AM LOWEST 48 5:00 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 105 2023 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 23 2026........SUNRISE 6:36 AM CDT SUNSET 7:38 PM CDT AUGUST 24 2026........SUNRISE 6:37 AM CDT SUNSET 7:37 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$