000 CDUS44 KLCH 201008 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 408 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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 69 108 PM 80 1911 65 4 67 MINIMUM 45 209 AM 25 1910 45 0 41 AVERAGE 57 55 2 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.70 1943 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.93 2.33 0.60 7.70 SINCE DEC 1 12.49 12.45 0.04 19.96 SINCE JAN 1 8.79 7.85 0.94 16.53 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 8 10 -2 11 MONTH TO DATE 168 222 -54 278 SINCE DEC 1 851 1023 -172 1035 SINCE JUL 1 957 1253 -296 1183 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 4 5 0 SINCE DEC 1 60 33 27 18 SINCE JAN 1 45 13 32 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1100 PM LOWEST 52 1200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 85 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 27 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 20 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST FEBRUARY 21 2005......SUNRISE 647 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. $$