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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
415 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 10 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         60    427 PM  80    1957  63     -3       59       
  MINIMUM         40   1139 PM  24    1912  43     -3       49       
  AVERAGE         50                        53     -3       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.92 1985   0.12  -0.12     1.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.65                      1.32  -0.67     3.64    
  SINCE DEC 1     10.21                     11.44  -1.23    15.90    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.51                      6.84  -0.33    12.47    
                                                                     
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       15                        12      3       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  114                       124    -10      139       
  SINCE DEC 1    797                       925   -128      896       
  SINCE JUL 1    903                      1155   -252     1044       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     27           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        79      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        22      1981                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 11 2005......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   559 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 12 2005......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   559 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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