000 CDUS44 KLCH 281006 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 506 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 98 402 PM 103 1924 91 7 94 MINIMUM 77 525 AM 61 1917 73 4 75 AVERAGE 88 82 6 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.82 1972 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.90 4.12 -1.22 1.98 SINCE JUN 1 10.12 15.32 -5.20 16.20 SINCE JAN 1 29.36 37.36 -8.00 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 23 16 7 20 MONTH TO DATE 525 470 55 457 SINCE JUN 1 1631 1481 150 1525 SINCE JAN 1 2152 1990 162 2064 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 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 87 1200 AM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 64 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2005........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$