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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
515 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         77    254 PM  96    1911  83     -6       75       
  MINIMUM         59    623 AM  40    1952  61     -2       71       
  AVERAGE         68                        72     -4       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.63 1945   0.13  -0.13     1.30    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      1.17  -0.90     1.98    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.72                      7.12  -3.40     4.02    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.36                     45.21 -11.85    57.32    
                                                                     
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        3                         7     -4        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  115                        67     48       97       
  SINCE SEP 1    639                       466    173      570       
  SINCE JAN 1   2872                      2520    352     2700       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         
                                                                     
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    65          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     38           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        93      1916                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        39      1921                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2005.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 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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