000 CDUS44 KLCH 101009 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 509 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 9 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 90 1205 PM 101 1917 91 -1 84 MINIMUM 75 158 PM 65 1947 74 1 73 AVERAGE 83 83 0 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 3.33 1914 0.17 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.97 1.62 1.35 0.89 SINCE JUN 1 4.60 7.69 -3.09 12.18 SINCE JAN 1 23.84 29.73 -5.89 48.17 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 18 17 1 14 MONTH TO DATE 163 153 10 159 SINCE JUN 1 692 620 72 643 SINCE JAN 1 1213 1129 84 1182 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 10 2005..........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT JULY 11 2005..........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$