000 CDUS44 KLCH 101012 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 512 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 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 93 123 PM 104 1935 92 1 96 MINIMUM 72 1025 PM 61 1990 74 -2 75 AVERAGE 83 83 0 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.24 1919 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.85 1.30 0.55 1.30 SINCE JUN 1 9.07 12.50 -3.43 15.52 SINCE JAN 1 28.31 34.54 -6.23 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 18 18 0 21 MONTH TO DATE 163 162 1 174 SINCE JUN 1 1269 1173 96 1242 SINCE JAN 1 1790 1682 108 1781 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 47 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 102 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 10 2005........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT AUGUST 11 2005........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$