000 CDUS44 KLCH 151032 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 532 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 14 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 80 1235 AM 101 1909 91 -11 96 MINIMUM 73 1159 PM 63 1990 74 -1 77 AVERAGE 77 83 -6 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.60 2.25 1899 0.17 0.43 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.57 2.47 1.10 1.08 SINCE JUN 1 5.20 8.54 -3.34 12.37 SINCE JAN 1 24.44 30.58 -6.14 48.36 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 12 17 -5 22 MONTH TO DATE 250 238 12 255 SINCE JUN 1 779 705 74 739 SINCE JAN 1 1300 1214 86 1278 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 800 AM LOWEST 82 600 AM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 61 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 15 2005..........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT JULY 16 2005..........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$