000 CDUS44 KLCH 271233 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 730 AM CDT TUE SEP 27 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26 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 91 221 PM 98 1910 86 5 90 MINIMUM 78 622 AM 51 1940 66 12 71 2000 AVERAGE 85 76 9 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.09 1957 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.42 5.25 -1.83 2.04 SINCE SEP 1 3.42 5.25 -1.83 2.04 SINCE JAN 1 33.06 43.34 -10.28 55.34 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 11 9 16 MONTH TO DATE 458 358 100 434 SINCE SEP 1 458 358 100 434 SINCE JAN 1 2691 2412 279 2564 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1100 PM LOWEST 59 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 97 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 45 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 27 2005.....SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 28 2005.....SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 702 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$