000 CDUS44 KLCH 091033 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 431 AM CST WED FEB 9 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 8 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 70 415 PM 83 1911 63 7 51 MINIMUM 58 227 AM 19 1933 43 15 34 AVERAGE 64 53 11 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 4.46 1992 0.12 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 1.08 -0.46 2.62 SINCE DEC 1 10.18 11.20 -1.02 14.88 SINCE JAN 1 6.48 6.60 -0.12 11.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 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 1 12 -11 22 MONTH TO DATE 92 100 -8 119 SINCE DEC 1 775 901 -126 876 SINCE JUL 1 881 1131 -250 1024 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE DEC 1 53 29 24 18 SINCE JAN 1 38 9 29 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 73 1200 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 80 1965 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 17 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 9 2005......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST FEBRUARY 10 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$