000 CDUS44 KLCH 211038 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 537 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 96 328 PM 103 1925 91 5 91 MINIMUM 76 530 AM 61 1911 74 2 77 AVERAGE 86 83 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 5.50 1915 0.16 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 2.44 2.96 -0.52 1.31 SINCE JUN 1 9.66 14.16 -4.50 15.53 SINCE JAN 1 28.90 36.20 -7.30 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 19 MONTH TO DATE 375 352 23 325 SINCE JUN 1 1481 1363 118 1393 SINCE JAN 1 2002 1872 130 1932 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2005........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$