000 CDUS44 KLCH 191034 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 530 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 18 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 1927 87 7 98 MINIMUM 76 1159 PM 50 1903 69 7 73 AVERAGE 85 78 7 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.64 1908 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 3.70 -2.82 0.89 SINCE SEP 1 0.88 3.70 -2.82 0.89 SINCE JAN 1 30.52 41.79 -11.27 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 20 13 7 21 MONTH TO DATE 322 263 59 320 SINCE SEP 1 322 263 59 320 SINCE JAN 1 2555 2317 238 2450 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 600 AM LOWEST 52 1100 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 97 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 49 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 19 2005.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 712 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$