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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
741 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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         88    308 PM  91    1929  82      6       79       
  MINIMUM         64    546 AM  42    1910  60      4       60       
  AVERAGE         76                        71      5       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.60 1901   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      1.68  -1.34     2.30    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.79                      7.63  -3.84     4.34    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.43                     45.72 -12.29    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                         3     -2        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      1                         4     -3        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         4     -3        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         6      5        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  141                        94     47      128       
  SINCE SEP 1    665                       493    172      601       
  SINCE JAN 1   2898                      2547    351     2731       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
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           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        95      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        38      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 13 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 14 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   643 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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