000 CDUS44 KLCH 061029 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 428 AM CST THU JAN 6 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 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 77 1120 AM 85 1913 61 16 69 MINIMUM 58 1159 PM 14 1911 41 17 41 AVERAGE 68 51 17 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 3.09 1931 0.18 -0.04 0.55 MONTH TO DATE 0.72 0.88 -0.16 2.89 SINCE DEC 1 4.42 5.48 -1.06 6.32 SINCE JAN 1 0.72 0.88 -0.16 2.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MM 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 10 MONTH TO DATE 0 70 -70 10 SINCE DEC 1 388 437 -49 394 SINCE JUL 1 494 667 -173 542 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 5 13 18 SINCE DEC 1 33 25 8 18 SINCE JAN 1 18 5 13 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 69 1100 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 87 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 19 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 6 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 528 PM CST JANUARY 7 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 529 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$