000 CDUS44 KLCH 220937 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 436 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 21 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 101R 245 PM 99 1924 87 14 89 MINIMUM 73 607 AM 50 1913 68 5 66 AVERAGE 87 78 9 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.97 1958 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 4.30 -3.42 0.89 SINCE SEP 1 0.88 4.30 -3.42 0.89 SINCE JAN 1 30.52 42.39 -11.87 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 22 12 10 13 MONTH TO DATE 384 301 83 360 SINCE SEP 1 384 301 83 360 SINCE JAN 1 2617 2355 262 2490 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 98 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 46 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 22 2005.....SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 709 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 23 2005.....SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$