000 CDUS44 KLCH 111014 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 514 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 10 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 92 1128 AM 101 1912 89 3 95 MINIMUM 71 509 AM 61 1943 71 0 74 AVERAGE 82 80 2 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.14 1998 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 2.02 -2.02 0.69 SINCE SEP 1 0.00 2.02 -2.02 0.69 SINCE JAN 1 29.64 40.11 -10.47 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 17 15 2 20 MONTH TO DATE 154 154 0 166 SINCE SEP 1 154 154 0 166 SINCE JAN 1 2387 2208 179 2296 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 100 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 52 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 11 2005.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 12 2005.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$