000 CDUS44 KLCH 171247 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 746 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 83 234 PM 90 1925 77 6 76 MINIMUM 52 443 AM 38 1913 57 -5 58 AVERAGE 68 67 1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 4.06 1957 0.12 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.44 1.77 -1.33 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 3.43 5.31 -1.88 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 14.79 14.11 0.68 22.12 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 34 -23 38 SINCE MAR 1 188 197 -9 96 SINCE JUL 1 1197 1532 -335 1368 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 35 52 -17 38 SINCE MAR 1 71 101 -30 109 SINCE JAN 1 133 123 10 128 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 32 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 89 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 41 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 642 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. $$