000 CDUS44 KLCH 231039 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 538 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 22 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 91 109 PM 100 1907 91 0 94 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 67 1970 75 -1 75 AVERAGE 83 83 0 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.50 3.15 1942 0.16 0.34 0.40 MONTH TO DATE 5.50 3.76 1.74 1.48 SINCE JUN 1 7.13 9.83 -2.70 12.77 SINCE JAN 1 26.37 31.87 -5.50 48.76 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 18 0 20 MONTH TO DATE 397 382 15 412 SINCE JUN 1 926 849 77 896 SINCE JAN 1 1447 1358 89 1435 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 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 94 600 PM LOWEST 59 100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 63 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 23 2005..........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT JULY 24 2005..........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$