Baton Rouge Facts
Baton Rouge (from the French bâton rouge) is the capital and the second largest city in Louisiana behind New Orleans. The effects of Hurricane Katrina have reduced the population of Orleans Parish such that East Baton Rouge Parish is currently more highly populated than Orleans Parish. Baton Rouge serves as the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish. In June 2005 East Baton Rouge Parish contained 412,000 residents. The Greater Baton Rouge population is approximately 700,000.Climate
Baton Rouge is humid-subtropical, with mild, short, wet, and somewhat warm winters and long, hot, humid, wet summers.
Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Rec High °F 84 85 91 92 98 103 101 105 104 94 87 85 Norm High °F 60 63.9 71 77.3 84 89.2 90.7 90.9 87.4 79.7 70.1 62.8 Norm Low °F 40.2 43.1 49.6 55.8 64.1 70.2 72.7 71.9 67.5 56.4 47.9 42.1 Rec Low °F 9 15 20 32 44 53 58 58 43 30 21 8 Precip (in) 6.19 5.1 5.07 5.56 5.34 5.33 5.96 5.86 4.84 3.81 4.76 5.26
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