000 CDUS44 KLCH 231248 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 746 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 84 227 PM 90 1911 79 5 83 MINIMUM 64 421 AM 42 1931 59 5 70 AVERAGE 74 69 5 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 4.12 1926 0.13 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 2.51 -2.01 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 3.49 6.05 -2.56 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 14.85 14.85 0.00 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 40 -29 38 SINCE MAR 1 188 203 -15 96 SINCE JUL 1 1197 1538 -341 1368 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 5 4 12 MONTH TO DATE 69 79 -10 75 SINCE MAR 1 105 128 -23 146 SINCE JAN 1 167 150 17 165 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 54 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 44 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$