000 CDUS44 KLCH 221037 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 535 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 21 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 94 159 PM 99 1937 91 3 93 MINIMUM 75 1159 PM 65 1910 75 0 72 AVERAGE 85 83 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.50 1917 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.00 3.60 1.40 1.08 SINCE JUN 1 6.63 9.67 -3.04 12.37 SINCE JAN 1 25.87 31.71 -5.84 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 20 18 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 379 364 15 392 SINCE JUN 1 908 831 77 876 SINCE JAN 1 1429 1340 89 1415 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 67 1970 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 22 2005..........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT JULY 23 2005..........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$