000 CDUS44 KLCH 191019 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 419 AM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 65 242 PM 85 1908 72 -7 78 MINIMUM 40 621 AM 29 1893 51 -11 61 AVERAGE 53 62 -9 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1888 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.69 2.06 -0.37 3.38 SINCE MAR 1 1.69 2.06 -0.37 3.38 SINCE JAN 1 13.05 10.86 2.19 20.20 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 12 5 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 153 114 39 38 SINCE MAR 1 153 114 39 38 SINCE JUL 1 1162 1449 -287 1310 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 5 MONTH TO DATE 4 23 -19 37 SINCE MAR 1 4 23 -19 37 SINCE JAN 1 66 45 21 56 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 48 200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 87 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 28 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2005.........SUNRISE 618 AM CST SUNSET 624 PM CST MARCH 20 2005.........SUNRISE 616 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. $$