Posted 6:46 PM 1/1/2025 by Meteorologist Malcolm Byron

BATON ROUGE – 2024 was another one for the record books, for the second straight year in a row. 2024 ties 2023 as the hottest year on record in Baton Rouge, dating back to 1893. The average temperature for both years was 72.5°. That is half a degree more than the prior record from (More)

Posted 2:24 PM 12/30/2024 by The Storm Station Meteorologists

The National Weather Service (NWS) has concluded their damage surveys in the Capital Area from Saturday night's severe weather episode. Six tornadoes have been confirmed in southwest Mississippi, across Amite and Wilkinson Counties. It should be noted that some of the tracks in Wilkinson County (More)

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Posted 3:03 PM 12/22/2024 by Meteorologist Malcolm Byron

BATON ROUGE - A ball of fire streaked across Capital area skies on Saturday night. Residents could see the orange glow fly through the night-time sky around 10 p.m. 

Astronomers are now weighing in, and they say it was a Chinese commercial satellite (Superview 1-02) which reentered (More)