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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
407 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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         63    427 PM  83    1907  67     -4       55       
  MINIMUM         44    749 AM  23    1914  46     -2       42       
  AVERAGE         54                        57     -3       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.47 1993   0.11  -0.11     0.15    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.21                      2.95   2.26     7.99    
  SINCE DEC 1     14.77                     13.07   1.70    20.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.07                      8.47   2.60    16.82    
                                                                     
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                         9      2       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  188                       279    -91      317       
  SINCE DEC 1    871                      1080   -209     1074       
  SINCE JUL 1    977                      1310   -333     1222       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   26                        10     16        1       
  SINCE DEC 1     77                        39     38       19       
  SINCE JAN 1     62                        19     43       19       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         
                                                                     
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    86          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        84      1907                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        22      1914                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE   642 AM CST   SUNSET   610 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE   641 AM CST   SUNSET   611 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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