000 CDUS44 KLCH 091228 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 627 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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 64 435 PM 78 1975 60 4 55 MINIMUM 46 736 AM 21 1996 41 5 41 AVERAGE 55 51 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.46 1992 0.18 -0.18 1.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.80 1.42 0.38 3.95 SINCE DEC 1 5.50 6.02 -0.52 7.38 SINCE JAN 1 1.80 1.42 0.38 3.95 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 10 14 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 26 112 -86 78 SINCE DEC 1 414 479 -65 462 SINCE JUL 1 520 709 -189 610 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 8 10 18 SINCE DEC 1 33 28 5 18 SINCE JAN 1 18 8 10 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 80 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 22 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 9 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST JANUARY 10 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 531 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$