000 CDUS44 KLCH 291007 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 507 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 28 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 97 343 PM 100 1995 92 5 91 MINIMUM 76 1146 PM 67 1917 75 1 70 AVERAGE 87 84 3 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 4.21 1980 0.15 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.57 4.68 0.89 2.53 SINCE JUN 1 7.20 10.75 -3.55 13.82 SINCE JAN 1 26.44 32.79 -6.35 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 22 18 4 16 MONTH TO DATE 519 490 29 523 SINCE JUN 1 1048 957 91 1007 SINCE JAN 1 1569 1466 103 1546 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 42 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 102 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 67 1904 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 29 2005..........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT JULY 30 2005..........SUNRISE 631 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. $$