000 CDUS44 KLCH 241026 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 426 AM CST MON JAN 24 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 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 47 317 PM 85 1914 61 -14 67 MINIMUM 29 1148 PM 17 1948 41 -12 40 AVERAGE 38 51 -13 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.59 1938 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 4.21 -1.43 5.90 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 8.81 -2.33 9.33 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 4.21 -1.43 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 27 14 13 11 MONTH TO DATE 191 324 -133 266 SINCE DEC 1 579 691 -112 650 SINCE JUL 1 685 921 -236 798 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 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 69 1100 PM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 84 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 12 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 24 2005.......SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST JANUARY 25 2005.......SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 544 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$