000 CDUS44 KLCH 211034 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 533 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 81 304 PM 89 1987 78 3 79 MINIMUM 63 233 AM 40 1910 58 5 63 AVERAGE 72 68 4 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.79 1979 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 2.25 -1.80 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 3.44 5.79 -2.35 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 14.80 14.59 0.21 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 38 -27 38 SINCE MAR 1 188 201 -13 96 SINCE JUL 1 1197 1536 -339 1368 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 51 69 -18 56 SINCE MAR 1 87 118 -31 127 SINCE JAN 1 149 140 9 146 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 51 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 41 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$