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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
409 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 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         62    319 PM  83    1972  65     -3       62       
  MINIMUM         45    449 AM  20    1910  45      0       37       
  AVERAGE         54                        55     -1       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.16 1963   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.93                      2.22   0.71     7.70    
  SINCE DEC 1     12.49                     12.34   0.15    19.96    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.79                      7.74   1.05    16.53    
                                                                     
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       11                        10      1       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  160                       212    -52      267       
  SINCE DEC 1    843                      1013   -170     1024       
  SINCE JUL 1    949                      1243   -294     1172       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    9                         3      6        0       
  SINCE DEC 1     60                        32     28       18       
  SINCE JAN 1     45                        12     33       18       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     35           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        80      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        25      1910                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   649 AM CST   SUNSET   605 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 20 2005......SUNRISE   648 AM CST   SUNSET   606 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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