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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
745 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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         66    318 PM  91    1919  78    -12       87       
  MINIMUM         44   1159 PM  38    1911  56    -12       72       
  AVERAGE         55                        67    -12       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.38 1996   0.12  -0.12     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      3.07  -2.73     2.50    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.79                      9.02  -5.23     4.54    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.43                     47.11 -13.68    57.84    
                                                                     
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       10                         2      8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        19     -8        4       
  SINCE SEP 1     11                        20     -9        4       
  SINCE JUL 1     11                        20     -9        4       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  223                       154     69      263       
  SINCE SEP 1    747                       553    194      736       
  SINCE JAN 1   2980                      2607    373     2866       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.9                                         
                                                                     
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    76          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     30           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        92      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        36      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 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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