000 CDUS44 KLCH 311016 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 516 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 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 83 402 PM 100 1911 87 -4 89 MINIMUM 67 308 AM 52 1984 69 -2 80 AVERAGE 75 78 -3 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.20 5.53 1979 0.21 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE MM 5.85 MM 10.59 SINCE MAR 1 MM 13.03 MM 19.17 SINCE JAN 1 MM 21.83 MM 35.99 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.0 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 0.0 MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 MM 0.3 MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY MM 0 MM 0 MONTH TO DATE MM 1 MM 3 SINCE MAR 1 MM 211 MM 99 SINCE JUL 1 MM 1546 MM 1371 COOLING YESTERDAY MM 13 MM 20 MONTH TO DATE MM 299 MM 297 SINCE MAR 1 MM 474 MM 501 SINCE JAN 1 MM 496 MM 520 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 100 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 52 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 31 2005...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT JUNE 1 2005..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$