000 CDUS44 KLCH 031012 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST THU FEB 3 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2 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 49 512 PM 81 1914 62 -13 66 MINIMUM 44 638 AM 13 1951 42 2 44 AVERAGE 47 52 -5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.00 1959 0.14 -0.13 0.73 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.29 0.21 0.73 SINCE DEC 1 10.06 10.41 -0.35 12.99 SINCE JAN 1 6.36 5.81 0.55 9.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM T MM MM 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 10 MONTH TO DATE 36 26 10 24 SINCE DEC 1 719 827 -108 781 SINCE JUL 1 825 1057 -232 929 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 71 600 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 16 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 3 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 552 PM CST FEBRUARY 4 2005......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$