CXUS54 KLIX 011430 CLMBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 930 AM CDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 10/01/1904 LOW 30 10/31/1993 HIGHEST 94 10/07 MM MM 95 10/01 LOWEST 44 10/18 MM MM 44 10/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 87.6 80.9 6.7 83.9 AVG. MINIMUM 60.8 58.1 2.7 59.4 MEAN 74.2 69.5 4.7 71.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 2.6 9.4 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.13 2015 MINIMUM T 1978 TOTALS 1.72 4.84 -3.12 1.47 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.16 -0.10 0.05 DAYS >= .01 2 7.3 -5.3 2 DAYS >= .10 2 5.0 -3.0 1 DAYS >= .50 1 2.5 -1.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.5 -0.5 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.59 10/31 TO 10/31 1.43 10/11 TO 10/11 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 12 45 -33 32 SINCE 7/1 12 45 -33 MM COOLING TOTAL 309 184 125 246 SINCE 1/1 3591 2754 837 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/170 DATE 10/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/040 DATE 10/16 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.14 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$