000 CDUS44 KLCH 031048 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 447 AM CST MON JAN 3 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 140 PM 80 1913 61 13 74 MINIMUM 64 832 AM 18 1928 41 23 62 AVERAGE 69 51 18 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.99 1926 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 0.34 0.24 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 4.28 4.94 -0.66 3.43 SINCE JAN 1 0.58 0.34 0.24 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2003 0.0 0.0 0.0 2002 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 14 -14 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 28 -28 0 SINCE DEC 1 388 395 -7 384 SINCE JUL 1 494 625 -131 532 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 3 MONTH TO DATE 7 2 5 4 SINCE DEC 1 22 22 0 4 SINCE JAN 1 7 2 5 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 AM LOWEST 79 200 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 82 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 16 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST JANUARY 4 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$