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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
409 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 11 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         65    234 PM  79    1967  64      1       57       
  MINIMUM         39    717 AM  22    1981  44     -5       50       
  AVERAGE         52                        54     -2       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.21 2004   0.12  -0.12     3.21    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.65                      1.44  -0.79     6.85    
  SINCE DEC 1     10.21                     11.56  -1.35    19.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.51                      6.96  -0.45    15.68    
                                                                     
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       13                        12      1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  127                       136     -9      150       
  SINCE DEC 1    810                       937   -127      907       
  SINCE JUL 1    916                      1167   -251     1055       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.0                                         
                                                                     
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    86           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        79      1932                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44         3      1899                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 12 2005......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   559 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 13 2005......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   600 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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