000 CDUS44 KLCH 171029 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 529 AM CDT SAT SEP 17 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 16 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 94 108 PM 99 2004 88 6 99 MINIMUM 77 506 AM 53 1902 69 8 73 AVERAGE 86 79 7 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 3.94 1975 0.21 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 3.28 -2.40 0.89 SINCE SEP 1 0.88 3.28 -2.40 0.89 SINCE JAN 1 30.52 41.37 -10.85 54.19 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 21 13 8 21 MONTH TO DATE 280 237 43 279 SINCE SEP 1 280 237 43 279 SINCE JAN 1 2513 2291 222 2409 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 200 AM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 101 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 56 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 17 2005.....SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 18 2005.....SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$