000 CDUS44 KLCH 311019 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 417 AM CST MON JAN 31 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 30 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 54 307 PM 81 2002 62 -8 58 1911 MINIMUM 45 748 AM 22 1966 42 3 47 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.63 1959 0.16 -0.16 0.83 MONTH TO DATE 3.31 5.37 -2.06 8.83 SINCE DEC 1 7.01 9.97 -2.96 12.26 SINCE JAN 1 3.31 5.37 -2.06 8.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.1 -0.1 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 13 2 12 MONTH TO DATE 279 421 -142 354 SINCE DEC 1 667 788 -121 738 SINCE JUL 1 773 1018 -245 886 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 600 AM LOWEST 71 200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 2002 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1949 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 31 2005.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 549 PM CST FEBRUARY 1 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 550 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$