000 CDUS44 KLCH 081039 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 537 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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 94 104 PM 100 1929 92 2 89 MINIMUM 73 611 PM 65 1912 74 -1 69 AVERAGE 84 83 1 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 6.77 1940 0.14 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.85 1.02 0.83 1.30 SINCE JUN 1 9.07 12.22 -3.15 15.52 SINCE JAN 1 28.31 34.26 -5.95 51.51 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 14 MONTH TO DATE 128 126 2 135 SINCE JUN 1 1234 1137 97 1203 SINCE JAN 1 1755 1646 109 1742 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 41 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 103 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2005........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2005........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$