000 CDUS44 KLCH 161015 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 413 AM CST SUN JAN 16 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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 57 253 PM 81 1907 60 -3 66 MINIMUM 36 700 AM 22 1913 41 -5 56 AVERAGE 47 51 -4 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.55 1955 0.19 -0.19 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 2.75 0.03 3.97 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 7.35 -0.87 7.40 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 2.75 0.03 3.97 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 18 14 4 4 MONTH TO DATE 73 212 -139 160 SINCE DEC 1 461 579 -118 544 SINCE JUL 1 567 809 -242 692 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 500 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 82 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 16 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 536 PM CST JANUARY 17 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$