000 CDUS44 KLCH 211018 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 417 AM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 74 439 PM 85 1910 72 2 80 MINIMUM 60 716 AM 21 1923 52 8 54 AVERAGE 67 62 5 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.88 6.00 1893 0.12 0.76 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.57 2.30 0.27 3.38 SINCE MAR 1 2.57 2.30 0.27 3.38 SINCE JAN 1 13.93 11.10 2.83 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 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 153 123 30 38 SINCE MAR 1 153 123 30 38 SINCE JUL 1 1162 1458 -296 1310 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 2 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 7 27 -20 44 SINCE MAR 1 7 27 -20 44 SINCE JAN 1 69 49 20 63 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 500 AM LOWEST 53 500 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 87 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 32 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2005.........SUNRISE 615 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST MARCH 22 2005.........SUNRISE 614 AM CST SUNSET 626 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$