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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
644 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         91    342 PM 103    1900  84      7       87       
  MINIMUM         75    628 AM  45    1984  64     11       71       
  AVERAGE         83                        74      9       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          1.60 1995   0.16  -0.13     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      0.32  -0.19     0.08    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.58                      6.27  -2.69     2.12    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.22                     44.36 -11.14    55.42    
                                                                     
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                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       18                         9      9       14       
  MONTH TO DATE   34                        18     16       26       
  SINCE SEP 1    558                       417    141      499       
  SINCE JAN 1   2791                      2471    320     2629       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        97      1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        47      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2005.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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