000 CDUS44 KLCH 131024 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 423 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12 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 77 225 PM 85 1911 60 17 65 MINIMUM 64 428 AM 13 1918 41 23 36 AVERAGE 71 51 20 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1943 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.80 2.18 -0.38 3.96 SINCE DEC 1 5.50 6.78 -1.28 7.39 SINCE JAN 1 1.80 2.18 -0.38 3.96 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 14 MONTH TO DATE 33 168 -135 149 SINCE DEC 1 421 535 -114 533 SINCE JUL 1 527 765 -238 681 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 0 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 9 24 18 SINCE DEC 1 48 29 19 18 SINCE JAN 1 33 9 24 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 60 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 82 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 16 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 13 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 534 PM CST JANUARY 14 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 535 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$