000 CDUS44 KLCH 261009 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 409 AM CST WED JAN 26 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 25 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 70 1234 PM 85 1914 61 9 73 MINIMUM 39 553 AM 18 1894 41 -2 52 AVERAGE 55 51 4 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1976 0.17 -0.17 0.57 MONTH TO DATE 2.78 4.55 -1.77 6.60 SINCE DEC 1 6.48 9.15 -2.67 10.03 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 4.55 -1.77 6.60 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 10 14 -4 2 MONTH TO DATE 224 352 -128 272 SINCE DEC 1 612 719 -107 656 SINCE JUL 1 718 949 -231 804 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 83 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 26 2005.......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 545 PM CST JANUARY 27 2005.......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 546 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$