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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
629 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         81    258 PM  96    1939  79      2       86       
  MINIMUM         51   1155 PM  36    1911  56     -5       72       
  AVERAGE         66                        68     -2       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.25 1888   0.12  -0.12     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      2.95  -2.61     2.49    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.79                      8.90  -5.11     4.53    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.43                     46.99 -13.56    57.83    
                                                                     
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                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        17    -16        4       
  SINCE SEP 1      1                        18    -17        4       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                        18    -17        4       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         4     -3       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  223                       150     73      248       
  SINCE SEP 1    747                       549    198      721       
  SINCE JAN 1   2980                      2603    377     2851       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8                                         
                                                                     
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           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        91      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        38      1911                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 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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