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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
513 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 27 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         95    258 PM  99    1930  91      4       88       
  MINIMUM         76    508 AM  64    1911  75      1       73       
  AVERAGE         86                        83      3       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.42 1943   0.15  -0.15     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.51                      4.53   0.98     2.53    
  SINCE JUN 1      7.14                     10.60  -3.46    13.82    
  SINCE JAN 1     26.38                     32.64  -6.26    49.81    
                                                                     
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       21                        18      3       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  497                       472     25      507       
  SINCE JUN 1   1026                       939     87      991       
  SINCE JAN 1   1547                      1448     99     1530       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   92       100      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        67      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 28 2005..........SUNRISE   629 AM CDT   SUNSET   809 PM CDT   
JULY 29 2005..........SUNRISE   630 AM CDT   SUNSET   808 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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