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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
618 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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    232 PM  97    1955  84      7       92       
  MINIMUM         74    645 AM  47    1917  63     11       69       
  AVERAGE         83                        74      9       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.14          2.46 2002   0.15  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.47  -0.20     0.08    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.72                      6.42  -2.70     2.12    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.36                     44.51 -11.15    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      MM                                                 
                                                                     
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       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        27     25       42       
  SINCE SEP 1    576                       426    150      515       
  SINCE JAN 1   2809                      2480    329     2645       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        97      1956                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        45      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   709 AM CDT   SUNSET   653 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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