000 CDUS44 KLCH 171011 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 410 AM CST MON JAN 17 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 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 58 310 PM 82 1907 60 -2 65 MINIMUM 36 632 AM 21 1905 41 -5 56 AVERAGE 47 51 -4 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.54 1899 0.19 -0.19 0.35 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 2.94 -0.16 4.32 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 7.54 -1.06 7.75 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 2.94 -0.16 4.32 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 91 226 -135 164 SINCE DEC 1 479 593 -114 548 SINCE JUL 1 585 823 -238 696 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 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 85 400 AM LOWEST 33 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 80 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 17 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST JANUARY 18 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 538 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$