000 CDUS44 KLCH 271004 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 404 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 26 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 1155 AM 87 1910 73 1 78 MINIMUM 60 1159 PM 32 1915 53 7 62 AVERAGE 67 63 4 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.86 1916 0.11 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.86 2.99 -0.13 3.38 SINCE MAR 1 2.86 2.99 -0.13 3.38 SINCE JAN 1 14.22 11.79 2.43 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 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 156 147 9 53 SINCE MAR 1 156 147 9 53 SINCE JUL 1 1165 1482 -317 1325 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 2 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 24 39 -15 58 SINCE MAR 1 24 39 -15 58 SINCE JAN 1 86 61 25 77 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 73 1000 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 90 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 28 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 27 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST MARCH 28 2005.........SUNRISE 607 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$