000 CDUS44 KLCH 271008 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 508 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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 1254 PM 101 1990 91 5 93 MINIMUM 77 1154 PM 61 1917 73 4 76 AVERAGE 87 82 5 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.70 1948 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.90 3.95 -1.05 1.98 SINCE JUN 1 10.12 15.15 -5.03 16.20 SINCE JAN 1 29.36 37.19 -7.83 52.19 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 22 17 5 20 MONTH TO DATE 502 454 48 437 SINCE JUN 1 1608 1465 143 1505 SINCE JAN 1 2129 1974 155 2044 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$