000 CDUS44 KLCH 151247 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 746 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 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 78 338 PM 88 1912 77 1 71 MINIMUM 51 541 AM 34 1913 57 -6 42 AVERAGE 65 67 -2 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 3.20 1991 0.11 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 1.54 -1.12 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 3.41 5.08 -1.67 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 14.77 13.88 0.89 22.12 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 2 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 11 32 -21 32 SINCE MAR 1 188 195 -7 90 SINCE JUL 1 1197 1530 -333 1362 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 44 -12 36 SINCE MAR 1 68 93 -25 107 SINCE JAN 1 130 115 15 126 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 500 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 90 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 37 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2005.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT APRIL 16 2005.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$