000 CDUS44 KLCH 141017 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 416 AM CST FRI JAN 14 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13 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 72 1234 AM 82 2000 60 12 70 MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 16 1912 41 4 47 AVERAGE 59 51 8 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.98 2.73 1977 0.19 0.79 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 2.37 0.41 3.96 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 6.97 -0.49 7.39 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 2.37 0.41 3.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 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 6 15 -9 6 MONTH TO DATE 39 183 -144 155 SINCE DEC 1 427 550 -123 539 SINCE JUL 1 533 780 -247 687 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 66 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 80 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 14 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 535 PM CST JANUARY 15 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. $$