000 CDUS44 KLCH 161025 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 525 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 77 449 PM 90 1916 77 0 72 MINIMUM 52 538 AM 37 1913 57 -5 46 AVERAGE 65 67 -2 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.27 1927 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 1.65 -1.23 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 3.41 5.19 -1.78 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 14.77 13.99 0.78 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 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 11 33 -22 38 SINCE MAR 1 188 196 -8 96 SINCE JUL 1 1197 1531 -334 1368 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 48 -16 36 SINCE MAR 1 68 97 -29 107 SINCE JAN 1 130 119 11 126 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 300 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 90 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2005.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$