000 CDUS44 KLCH 081030 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 429 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 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 73 132 PM 79 1921 60 13 44 MINIMUM 48 101 AM 19 1924 41 7 31 AVERAGE 61 51 10 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.03 2.71 1975 0.18 0.85 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.80 1.24 0.56 2.90 SINCE DEC 1 5.50 5.84 -0.34 6.33 SINCE JAN 1 1.80 1.24 0.56 2.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 0.0 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 4 14 -10 27 MONTH TO DATE 16 98 -82 61 SINCE DEC 1 404 465 -61 445 SINCE JUL 1 510 695 -185 593 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 7 11 18 SINCE DEC 1 33 27 6 18 SINCE JAN 1 18 7 11 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1200 PM LOWEST 74 300 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 78 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST JANUARY 9 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$