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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
513 AM CDT THU OCT 27 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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         71    348 PM  92    1927  77     -6       87       
  MINIMUM         40    617 AM  39    1909  55    -15       68       
  AVERAGE         56                        66    -10       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.98 1987   0.12  -0.12     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      3.31  -2.97     2.52    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.79                      9.26  -5.47     4.56    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.43                     47.35 -13.92    57.86    
                                                                     
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        9                         2      7        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   28                        23      5        4       
  SINCE SEP 1     28                        24      4        4       
  SINCE JUL 1     28                        24      4        4       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  223                       162     61      289       
  SINCE SEP 1    747                       561    186      762       
  SINCE JAN 1   2980                      2615    365     2892       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         
                                                                     
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    82          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        92      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        34      1898                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   629 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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