000 CDUS44 KLCH 201027 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 426 AM CST THU JAN 20 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 19 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 63 1250 PM 86 1914 60 3 53 MINIMUM 33 440 AM 14 1940 41 -8 36 AVERAGE 48 51 -3 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.00 1898 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 3.49 -0.71 5.90 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 8.09 -1.61 9.33 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 3.49 -0.71 5.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 17 14 3 20 MONTH TO DATE 156 268 -112 197 SINCE DEC 1 544 635 -91 581 SINCE JUL 1 650 865 -215 729 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 PM LOWEST 57 1200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 19 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 20 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 540 PM CST JANUARY 21 2005.......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$