000 CDUS44 KLCH 041015 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 414 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 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 49 155 PM 80 1927 62 -13 54 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 16 1951 42 4 37 AVERAGE 48 52 -4 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.05 1913 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.43 0.07 0.73 SINCE DEC 1 10.06 10.55 -0.49 12.99 SINCE JAN 1 6.36 5.95 0.41 9.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 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 17 13 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 53 39 14 43 SINCE DEC 1 736 840 -104 800 SINCE JUL 1 842 1070 -228 948 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 NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 800 AM LOWEST 71 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 4 2005......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST FEBRUARY 5 2005......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$