000 CDUS44 KLCH 041040 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 540 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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 92 231 PM 100 1899 92 0 96 MINIMUM 75 1159 PM 65 1911 74 1 77 AVERAGE 84 83 1 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.50 3.13 1955 0.15 1.35 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.63 0.45 1.18 0.05 SINCE JUN 1 8.85 11.65 -2.80 14.27 SINCE JAN 1 28.09 33.69 -5.60 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 22 MONTH TO DATE 56 54 2 62 SINCE JUN 1 1162 1065 97 1130 SINCE JAN 1 1683 1574 109 1669 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 500 AM LOWEST 49 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 100 1897 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2005........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2005........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$