000 CDUS44 KLCH 181023 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 422 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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 63 422 PM 80 1911 65 -2 63 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 20 1903 45 3 38 AVERAGE 56 55 1 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.31 1961 0.11 -0.11 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.93 2.11 0.82 7.70 SINCE DEC 1 12.49 12.23 0.26 19.96 SINCE JAN 1 8.79 7.63 1.16 16.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 9 11 -2 14 MONTH TO DATE 149 202 -53 252 SINCE DEC 1 832 1003 -171 1009 SINCE JUL 1 938 1233 -295 1157 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 2 7 0 SINCE DEC 1 60 31 29 18 SINCE JAN 1 45 11 34 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 100 AM LOWEST 30 400 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 83 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 20 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$