000 CDUS44 KLCH 281008 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 407 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 59 301 PM 83 1956 67 -8 60 MINIMUM 48 1147 PM 24 2002 47 1 34 AVERAGE 54 57 -3 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.24 2.56 1903 0.11 0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.50 3.17 2.33 7.99 SINCE DEC 1 15.06 13.29 1.77 20.25 SINCE JAN 1 11.36 8.69 2.67 16.82 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 11 8 3 18 MONTH TO DATE 212 296 -84 349 SINCE DEC 1 895 1097 -202 1106 SINCE JUL 1 1001 1327 -326 1254 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 26 12 14 1 SINCE DEC 1 77 41 36 19 SINCE JAN 1 62 21 41 19 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 900 AM LOWEST 71 700 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$