000 CDUS44 KLCH 241039 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 437 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 71 110 PM 81 1909 66 5 62 MINIMUM 62 228 PM 22 1894 46 16 56 AVERAGE 67 56 11 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.78 2.50 1888 0.10 0.68 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 3.71 2.74 0.97 7.80 SINCE DEC 1 13.27 12.86 0.41 20.06 SINCE JAN 1 9.57 8.26 1.31 16.63 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 0 9 -9 6 MONTH TO DATE 168 261 -93 296 SINCE DEC 1 851 1062 -211 1053 SINCE JUL 1 957 1292 -335 1201 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 26 8 18 1 SINCE DEC 1 77 37 40 19 SINCE JAN 1 62 17 45 19 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 79 100 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 84 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 20 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 643 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$