000 CDUS44 KLCH 211032 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 431 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 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 74 300 PM 85 1914 60 14 49 MINIMUM 53 727 AM 19 1940 41 12 30 AVERAGE 64 51 13 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.22 1993 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 3.67 -0.89 5.90 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 8.27 -1.79 9.33 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 3.67 -0.89 5.90 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 14 -13 25 MONTH TO DATE 157 282 -125 222 SINCE DEC 1 545 649 -104 606 SINCE JUL 1 651 879 -228 754 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 W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 79 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 15 1985 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 21 2005.......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST JANUARY 22 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. $$