000 CDUS44 KLCH 081014 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 413 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 72 908 AM 85 1911 69 3 84 MINIMUM 58 1214 AM 30 1943 49 9 49 AVERAGE 65 59 6 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.50 1.70 1998 0.11 0.39 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.82 0.77 0.05 0.22 SINCE MAR 1 0.82 0.77 0.05 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 12.18 9.57 2.61 17.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 55 52 3 0 SINCE MAR 1 55 52 3 0 SINCE JUL 1 1064 1387 -323 1272 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 28 SINCE MAR 1 0 7 -7 28 SINCE JAN 1 62 29 33 47 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 500 AM LOWEST 78 1000 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 90 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 29 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2005.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST MARCH 9 2005.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$