CDUS44 KLIX 182150 CLIBTR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 450 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026 ................................... ...THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 93 1:50 PM 98 1922 86 7 90 MINIMUM 72 5:42 AM 50 1945 66 6 77 AVERAGE 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.83 1953 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 9.46 2.95 6.51 4.30 SINCE MAR 1 17.85 12.49 5.36 15.26 SINCE JAN 1 25.66 23.27 2.39 21.92 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 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 TODAY 18 11 7 19 MONTH TO DATE 137 163 -26 174 SINCE MAR 1 516 369 147 523 SINCE JAN 1 606 407 199 556 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 2:00 AM LOWEST 47 2:00 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BATON ROUGE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 2002 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. $$