000 CDUS44 KLCH 291030 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 530 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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 97 401 PM 101 1913 90 7 90 MINIMUM 75 618 AM 64 1968 73 2 74 AVERAGE 86 82 4 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.88 1978 0.18 -0.18 0.97 MONTH TO DATE 2.90 4.30 -1.40 2.95 SINCE JUN 1 10.12 15.50 -5.38 17.17 SINCE JAN 1 29.36 37.54 -8.18 53.16 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 16 5 17 MONTH TO DATE 546 486 60 474 SINCE JUN 1 1652 1497 155 1542 SINCE JAN 1 2173 2006 167 2081 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 300 AM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 59 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2005........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT AUGUST 30 2005........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$