000 CDUS44 KLCH 051030 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 429 AM CST SAT FEB 5 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 4 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 53 446 PM 80 1957 62 -9 66 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 19 1996 42 0 43 AVERAGE 48 52 -4 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.34 1923 0.14 -0.14 0.20 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.57 -0.07 0.93 SINCE DEC 1 10.06 10.69 -0.63 13.19 SINCE JAN 1 6.36 6.09 0.27 9.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MM 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 10 MONTH TO DATE 70 52 18 53 SINCE DEC 1 753 853 -100 810 SINCE JUL 1 859 1083 -224 958 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1000 PM LOWEST 63 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 80 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 17 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 5 2005......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST FEBRUARY 6 2005......SUNRISE 700 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. $$