000 CDUS44 KLCH 031022 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 522 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2 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 95 246 PM 100 1980 90 5 90 MINIMUM 76 917 PM 63 1924 74 2 74 AVERAGE 86 82 4 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.73 1968 0.18 -0.14 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 0.53 0.37 0.16 0.28 SINCE JUN 1 2.16 6.44 -4.28 11.57 SINCE JAN 1 21.40 28.48 -7.08 47.56 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 JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 17 MONTH TO DATE 42 34 8 33 SINCE JUN 1 571 501 70 517 SINCE JAN 1 1092 1010 82 1056 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 61 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 3 2005..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT JULY 4 2005..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$