000 CDUS44 KLCH 291111 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 611 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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 91 236 PM 96 1998 85 6 86 MINIMUM 76 610 AM 45 1909 65 11 63 AVERAGE 84 75 9 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.30 1913 0.18 -0.18 T MONTH TO DATE 3.45 5.61 -2.16 2.04 SINCE SEP 1 3.45 5.61 -2.16 2.04 SINCE JAN 1 33.09 43.70 -10.61 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 19 10 9 10 MONTH TO DATE 497 379 118 456 SINCE SEP 1 497 379 118 456 SINCE JAN 1 2730 2433 297 2586 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 100 AM LOWEST 56 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 97 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 45 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 29 2005.....SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 30 2005.....SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$