000 CDUS44 KLCH 101013 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 512 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 9 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 93 243 PM 98 1906 89 4 93 MINIMUM 69 528 AM 59 1918 71 -2 69 AVERAGE 81 80 1 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.12 1978 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.81 -1.81 0.69 SINCE SEP 1 0.00 1.81 -1.81 0.69 SINCE JAN 1 29.64 39.90 -10.26 53.99 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 16 15 1 16 MONTH TO DATE 137 139 -2 146 SINCE SEP 1 137 139 -2 146 SINCE JAN 1 2370 2193 177 2276 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1200 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 101 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 61 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 10 2005.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 11 2005.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$