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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
544 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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    358 PM  92    1929  80      7       86       
  MINIMUM         56    622 AM  40    1943  58     -2       67       
  AVERAGE         72                        69      3       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.48 1928   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      2.28  -1.94     2.48    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.79                      8.23  -4.44     4.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.43                     46.32 -12.89    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        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         8     -7        4       
  SINCE SEP 1      1                         9     -8        4       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         9     -8        4       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         5      2       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  185                       122     63      150       
  SINCE SEP 1    709                       521    188      623       
  SINCE JAN 1   2942                      2575    367     2753       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.7                                         
                                                                     
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     26          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1929                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        36      1948                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2005.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 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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