000 CDUS44 KLCH 181012 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST FRI MAR 18 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 62 450 PM 84 1982 72 -10 75 MINIMUM 42 544 AM 29 1913 51 -9 51 AVERAGE 52 62 -10 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.60 1987 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.69 1.94 -0.25 3.38 SINCE MAR 1 1.69 1.94 -0.25 3.38 SINCE JAN 1 13.05 10.74 2.31 20.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 13 5 8 2 MONTH TO DATE 141 109 32 38 SINCE MAR 1 141 109 32 38 SINCE JUL 1 1150 1444 -294 1310 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 21 -17 32 SINCE MAR 1 4 21 -17 32 SINCE JAN 1 66 43 23 51 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 35 500 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 85 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 29 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 623 PM CST MARCH 19 2005.........SUNRISE 618 AM CST SUNSET 624 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$