CXUS54 KLIX 011414 CLMBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 914 AM CDT WED APR 01 2026 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1894 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 03/17/1963 03/31/1946 LOW 20 03/03/1980 HIGHEST 88 03/06 MM MM 86 03/30 03/07 03/31 LOWEST 32 03/17 MM MM 35 03/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.5 73.0 6.5 76.8 AVG. MINIMUM 55.2 51.0 4.2 52.6 MEAN 67.3 62.0 5.3 64.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 0.8 0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.63 1947 MINIMUM 0.30 2006 TOTALS 4.37 4.46 -0.09 6.20 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.14 -0.00 0.20 DAYS >= .01 8 8.9 -0.9 7 DAYS >= .10 6 5.8 0.2 4 DAYS >= .50 3 2.7 0.3 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.5 -0.5 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.89 03/07 TO 03/08 1.98 03/15 TO 03/15 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 0.2 -0.2 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 77 158 -81 99 SINCE 7/1 1160 1479 -319 MM COOLING TOTAL 158 65 93 99 SINCE 1/1 248 103 145 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/190 DATE 03/07 29/350 03/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/350 DATE 03/15 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$