000 CDUS44 KLCH 201022 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 518 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 79 326 PM 92 1965 78 1 80 MINIMUM 59 431 AM 42 1939 58 1 60 AVERAGE 69 68 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.10 1914 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 2.13 -1.68 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 3.44 5.67 -2.23 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 14.80 14.47 0.33 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 37 -26 38 SINCE MAR 1 188 200 -12 96 SINCE JUL 1 1197 1535 -338 1368 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 4 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 44 64 -20 50 SINCE MAR 1 80 113 -33 121 SINCE JAN 1 142 135 7 140 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 54 1100 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 89 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 40 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$