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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
525 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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    324 PM  95    1928  83      8       89       
  MINIMUM         71    637 AM  44    1932  62      9       69       
  AVERAGE         81                        73      8       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.27 1970   0.14  -0.14     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.90  -0.63     0.13    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.72                      6.85  -3.13     2.17    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.36                     44.94 -11.58    55.47    
                                                                     
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       16                         8      8       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  104                        52     52       80       
  SINCE SEP 1    628                       451    177      553       
  SINCE JAN 1   2861                      2505    356     2683       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        95      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        45      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  8 2005.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 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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