000 CDUS44 KLCH 181247 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 746 AM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 79 309 PM 89 2003 78 1 79 MINIMUM 54 427 AM 41 1999 57 -3 59 AVERAGE 67 68 -1 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 5.50 1973 0.12 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 1.89 -1.44 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 3.44 5.43 -1.99 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 14.80 14.23 0.57 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 35 -24 38 SINCE MAR 1 188 198 -10 96 SINCE JUL 1 1197 1533 -336 1368 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 4 -2 4 MONTH TO DATE 37 56 -19 42 SINCE MAR 1 73 105 -32 113 SINCE JAN 1 135 127 8 132 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 89 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 41 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$