000 CDUS44 KLCH 071023 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 422 AM CST MON FEB 7 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 6 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 67 458 PM 80 1969 63 4 55 MINIMUM 51 1213 AM 21 1912 43 8 41 AVERAGE 59 53 6 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.97 1974 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.83 -0.33 2.62 SINCE DEC 1 10.06 10.95 -0.89 14.88 SINCE JAN 1 6.36 6.35 0.01 11.45 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 6 12 -6 17 MONTH TO DATE 91 76 15 76 SINCE DEC 1 774 877 -103 833 SINCE JUL 1 880 1107 -227 981 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1000 PM LOWEST 67 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 7 2005......SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 8 2005......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$