000 CDUS44 KLCH 101014 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 514 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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 81 348 PM 93 1916 83 -2 80 MINIMUM 56 635 AM 39 1921 61 -5 72 AVERAGE 69 72 -3 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.01 2002 0.13 -0.13 0.31 MONTH TO DATE 0.27 1.30 -1.03 2.29 SINCE SEP 1 3.72 7.25 -3.53 4.33 SINCE JAN 1 33.36 45.34 -11.98 57.63 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 4 7 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 119 74 45 108 SINCE SEP 1 643 473 170 581 SINCE JAN 1 2876 2527 349 2711 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 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 83 600 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$