000 CDUS44 KLCH 081247 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 81 254 PM 95 1911 83 -2 77 MINIMUM 64 1159 PM 45 1964 62 2 71 AVERAGE 73 73 0 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.40 1984 0.14 -0.14 0.55 MONTH TO DATE 0.27 1.04 -0.77 0.68 SINCE SEP 1 3.72 6.99 -3.27 2.72 SINCE JAN 1 33.36 45.08 -11.72 56.02 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 8 8 0 9 MONTH TO DATE 112 60 52 89 SINCE SEP 1 636 459 177 562 SINCE JAN 1 2869 2513 356 2692 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 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 78 400 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 96 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 40 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2005.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2005.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$