000 CDUS44 KLCH 151228 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT SAT OCT 15 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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 87 337 PM 97 1910 81 6 73 MINIMUM 66 628 AM 40 1917 59 7 49 AVERAGE 77 70 7 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.17 1925 0.12 -0.12 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 1.92 -1.58 2.48 SINCE SEP 1 3.79 7.87 -4.08 4.52 SINCE JAN 1 33.43 45.96 -12.53 57.82 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 1 5 -4 4 SINCE SEP 1 1 6 -5 4 SINCE JUL 1 1 6 -5 4 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 6 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 164 106 58 133 SINCE SEP 1 688 505 183 606 SINCE JAN 1 2921 2559 362 2736 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 700 AM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 93 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2005.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2005.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$