000 CDUS44 KLCH 041020 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 519 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 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 92 328 PM 100 1970 90 2 91 MINIMUM 70 716 AM 61 1924 74 -4 75 AVERAGE 81 82 -1 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.28 3.75 1945 0.18 1.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.81 0.55 1.26 0.28 SINCE JUN 1 3.44 6.62 -3.18 11.57 SINCE JAN 1 22.68 28.66 -5.98 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 16 17 -1 18 MONTH TO DATE 58 51 7 51 SINCE JUN 1 587 518 69 535 SINCE JAN 1 1108 1027 81 1074 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 AM LOWEST 49 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 4 2005..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT JULY 5 2005..........SUNRISE 617 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. $$