000 CDUS44 KLCH 011015 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 414 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31 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 51 403 AM 80 2002 62 -11 51 1950 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 19 1949 42 4 40 AVERAGE 49 52 -3 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.55R 2.49 1983 0.15 2.40 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.86 5.52 0.34 8.83 SINCE DEC 1 9.56 10.12 -0.56 12.26 SINCE JAN 1 5.86 5.52 0.34 8.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 13 3 19 MONTH TO DATE 295 434 -139 373 SINCE DEC 1 683 801 -118 757 SINCE JUL 1 789 1031 -242 905 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 NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 77 1200 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 15 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 1 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 550 PM CST FEBRUARY 2 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 551 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$