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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
736 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         87    305 PM  93    1947  81      6       83       
  MINIMUM         56    629 AM  43    1943  58     -2       56       
  AVERAGE         72                        70      2       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.01 1911   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      2.16  -1.82     2.48    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.79                      8.11  -4.32     4.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.43                     46.20 -12.77    57.82    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  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                         7     -6        4       
  SINCE SEP 1      1                         8     -7        4       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         8     -7        4       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         5      2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  178                       117     61      138       
  SINCE SEP 1    702                       516    186      611       
  SINCE JAN 1   2935                      2570    365     2741       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  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    93           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1929                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        40      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2005.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 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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