000 CDUS44 KLCH 071103 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 602 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 6 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 93 202 PM 101 1912 89 4 95 MINIMUM 71 1134 PM 59 1984 72 -1 75 AVERAGE 82 81 1 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.52 1978 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.18 -1.18 0.66 SINCE SEP 1 0.00 1.18 -1.18 0.66 SINCE JAN 1 29.64 39.27 -9.63 53.96 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 SEP 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 SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 15 2 20 MONTH TO DATE 87 94 -7 96 SINCE SEP 1 87 94 -7 96 SINCE JAN 1 2320 2248 172 2226 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 100 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 58 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 7 2005........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 8 2005........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$