000 CDUS44 KLCH 291012 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST SAT JAN 29 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 28 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 54 336 PM 81 1912 61 -7 54 MINIMUM 46 830 AM 21 1897 42 4 25 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.52 3.00 1916 0.16 0.36 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.31 5.05 -1.74 6.60 SINCE DEC 1 7.01 9.65 -2.64 10.03 SINCE JAN 1 3.31 5.05 -1.74 6.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 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 15 14 1 25 MONTH TO DATE 250 394 -144 324 SINCE DEC 1 638 761 -123 708 SINCE JUL 1 744 991 -247 856 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 36 9 27 18 SINCE DEC 1 51 29 22 18 SINCE JAN 1 36 9 27 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 PM LOWEST 61 1200 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 84 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 29 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST JANUARY 30 2005.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$