000 CDUS44 KLCH 181232 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 732 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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 1147 AM 102 1980 91 1 93 MINIMUM 77 141 AM 65 1967 74 3 79 AVERAGE 85 83 2 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 4.11 1952 0.16 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.94 2.96 0.98 1.08 SINCE JUN 1 5.57 9.03 -3.46 12.37 SINCE JAN 1 24.81 31.07 -6.26 48.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 MM 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 20 18 2 21 MONTH TO DATE 301 292 9 320 SINCE JUN 1 830 759 71 804 SINCE JAN 1 1351 1268 83 1343 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 400 AM LOWEST 52 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 67 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 18 2005..........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT JULY 19 2005..........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$