000 CDUS44 KLCH 221023 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 422 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 78 203 PM 80 1993 66 12 70 MINIMUM 66 1159 PM 28 1978 45 21 47 AVERAGE 72 56 16 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.70 1969 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.93 2.54 0.39 7.70 SINCE DEC 1 12.49 12.66 -0.17 19.96 SINCE JAN 1 8.79 8.06 0.73 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 10 -10 6 MONTH TO DATE 168 242 -74 284 SINCE DEC 1 851 1043 -192 1041 SINCE JUL 1 957 1273 -316 1189 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 6 13 1 SINCE DEC 1 70 35 35 19 SINCE JAN 1 55 15 40 19 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 81 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 22 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2005......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$