000 CDUS44 KLCH 121016 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 515 AM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11 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 92 158 PM 100 1909 89 3 97 MINIMUM 70 611 AM 52 1907 71 -1 69 AVERAGE 81 80 1 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.63 1982 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 2.23 -2.23 0.69 SINCE SEP 1 0.00 2.23 -2.23 0.69 SINCE JAN 1 29.64 40.32 -10.68 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 14 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 170 168 2 184 SINCE SEP 1 170 168 2 184 SINCE JAN 1 2403 2222 181 2314 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 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 34 100 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 100 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 50 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 12 2005.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 13 2005.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$