000 CDUS44 KLCH 021010 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 409 AM CST WED FEB 2 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1 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 48 748 PM 80 1950 62 -14 61 MINIMUM 45 1024 AM 15 1951 42 3 41 AVERAGE 47 52 -5 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.49 4.14 1952 0.15 0.34 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.15 0.34 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 10.05 10.27 -0.22 12.26 SINCE JAN 1 6.35 5.67 0.68 8.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.1 MM 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 13 5 14 MONTH TO DATE 18 13 5 14 SINCE DEC 1 701 814 -113 771 SINCE JUL 1 807 1044 -237 919 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 51 29 22 18 SINCE JAN 1 36 9 27 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 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 93 300 AM LOWEST 86 1200 AM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 13 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 2 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 551 PM CST FEBRUARY 3 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 552 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$