000 CDUS44 KLCH 021018 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 518 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 1 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 94 246 PM 99 1998 92 2 94 MINIMUM 73 1046 PM 67 1936 74 -1 75 AVERAGE 84 83 1 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 4.00 1893 0.15 -0.02 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.15 -0.02 0.05 SINCE JUN 1 7.35 11.35 -4.00 14.27 SINCE JAN 1 26.59 33.39 -6.80 50.26 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 19 18 1 20 MONTH TO DATE 19 18 1 20 SINCE JUN 1 1125 1029 96 1088 SINCE JAN 1 1646 1538 108 1627 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 101 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 65 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 2 2005........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT AUGUST 3 2005........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$