000 CDUS44 KLCH 011227 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 727 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 31 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 88 508 PM 100 1911 87 1 90 MINIMUM 71 627 AM 52 1984 70 1 78 AVERAGE 80 79 1 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.40 1981 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.73 6.06 -2.33 10.59 SINCE MAR 1 7.88 13.24 -5.36 19.17 SINCE JAN 1 19.24 22.04 -2.80 35.99 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 1 0 3 SINCE MAR 1 195 211 -16 99 SINCE JUL 1 1204 1546 -342 1371 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 13 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 335 312 23 316 SINCE MAR 1 459 487 -28 520 SINCE JAN 1 521 509 12 539 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 46 500 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 101 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 52 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JUNE 1 2005..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT JUNE 2 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. $$