000 CDUS44 KLCH 261010 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 509 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 69 901 AM 89 1999 79 -10 78 MINIMUM 54 315 AM 33 1910 60 -6 63 AVERAGE 62 70 -8 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.57 5.02 1997 0.14 0.43 0.87 MONTH TO DATE 1.07 2.91 -1.84 5.08 SINCE MAR 1 4.06 6.45 -2.39 8.53 SINCE JAN 1 15.42 15.25 0.17 25.35 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 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 43 -26 38 SINCE MAR 1 194 206 -12 96 SINCE JUL 1 1203 1541 -338 1368 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 6 MONTH TO DATE 69 95 -26 103 SINCE MAR 1 105 144 -39 174 SINCE JAN 1 167 166 1 193 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 PM LOWEST 49 1000 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 32 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2005.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT APRIL 27 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$