000 CDUS44 KLCH 191022 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 521 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 95 213 PM 105 1909 91 4 92 MINIMUM 76 532 AM 66 1992 74 2 67 AVERAGE 86 83 3 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1897 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.42 2.65 -0.23 1.31 SINCE JUN 1 9.64 13.85 -4.21 15.53 SINCE JAN 1 28.88 35.89 -7.01 51.52 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 21 17 4 15 MONTH TO DATE 334 318 16 288 SINCE JUN 1 1440 1329 111 1356 SINCE JAN 1 1961 1838 123 1895 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 200 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1999 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$