000 CDUS44 KLCH 271017 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 416 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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 58 408 PM 84 1907 67 -9 61 MINIMUM 46 716 AM 22 1914 47 -1 41 AVERAGE 52 57 -5 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.95 1997 0.11 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.26 3.06 2.20 7.99 SINCE DEC 1 14.82 13.18 1.64 20.25 SINCE JAN 1 11.12 8.58 2.54 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 13 9 4 14 MONTH TO DATE 201 288 -87 331 SINCE DEC 1 884 1089 -205 1088 SINCE JUL 1 990 1319 -329 1236 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 26 11 15 1 SINCE DEC 1 77 40 37 19 SINCE JAN 1 62 20 42 19 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 700 PM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 83 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 24 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE 641 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 640 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. $$