000 CDUS44 KLCH 231036 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 435 AM CST SUN JAN 23 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 22 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 75 226 PM 79 1952 61 14 67 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 18 1935 41 6 34 AVERAGE 61 51 10 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.62 1923 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 4.03 -1.25 5.90 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 8.63 -2.15 9.33 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 4.03 -1.25 5.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MM 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 4 14 -10 14 MONTH TO DATE 164 310 -146 255 SINCE DEC 1 552 677 -125 639 SINCE JUL 1 658 907 -249 787 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 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 1200 AM LOWEST 30 1000 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 85 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 17 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 23 2005.......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST JANUARY 24 2005.......SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$