000 CDUS44 KLCH 121022 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 522 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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 87 214 PM 95 1904 82 5 79 MINIMUM 64 655 AM 37 1917 60 4 65 AVERAGE 76 71 5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.87 1970 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 1.56 -1.22 2.30 SINCE SEP 1 3.79 7.51 -3.72 4.34 SINCE JAN 1 33.43 45.60 -12.17 57.64 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 2 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 1 3 -2 0 SINCE JUL 1 1 3 -2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 7 4 7 MONTH TO DATE 130 88 42 123 SINCE SEP 1 654 487 167 596 SINCE JAN 1 2887 2541 346 2726 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 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 84 800 PM LOWEST 42 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 42 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 12 2005.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT OCTOBER 13 2005.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$