000 CDUS44 KLCH 221039 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 439 AM CST SAT JAN 22 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 21 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 75 331 PM 79 1920 61 14 60 MINIMUM 49 708 AM 15 1985 41 8 32 AVERAGE 62 51 11 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.00 1916 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 3.85 -1.07 5.90 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 8.45 -1.97 9.33 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 3.85 -1.07 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 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 14 -11 19 MONTH TO DATE 160 296 -136 241 SINCE DEC 1 548 663 -115 625 SINCE JUL 1 654 893 -239 773 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 AM LOWEST 58 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 79 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 18 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 22 2005.......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST JANUARY 23 2005.......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$